phantomjs: How to use npm modules in phantomjs?

Question

Could you use npm modules by using require() in phantomJS? It seems to be able to load javascript files so maybe this is possible?

Answer 1

That is entirely depends on the nodejs module. It won't work if nodejs module requires some support via native function interface.(npm modules like http, socket.io, will not work on phantomjs, because it dependents on native interfaces)

Pure JavaScript nodejs modules should work on phantomjs too.

Answer 2

fyi, phantomjs has an aproximation of commonjs.

you can not use amd modules in phantomjs, and I do not know of any amd loader (like requirejs) that works in phantomjs

Update (2015): I have been using commonjs modules in PhantomJs 1.x and 2.x, they work well with one caveat: you can not use source-mapping (at the bottom of the file, looks like //# sourceMappingURL=index.js.map) as it will cause the PhantomJs module loader to fail. Otherwise, commonjs modules will load normally.