can not have require multiple modules with module.exports in it

Question

can not have require multiple modules with module.exports in it

I have multiple modules and I did:

// module1.js

module.exports = function() {
  ...
}

// module2.js

module.exports = function() {
  ...
}

in app.js

m1 = require('./module1')
m2 = require('./module2')

m1.method()
m2.method()

I get TypeError. Then I ended up exporting methods in both the modules.

is there a way I can export multiple modules other than exporting individual methods explicitly?

node.js

Answer 1

It looks like you're attempting to pass require() an undefined variable two times. require() needs to take a string as an argument to determine what module you want to load.

If the other two modules are in the same directory as app.js, try

m1 = require('./module1')
m2 = require('./module2')

EDIT: What you're forgetting to do is

m1 = new require('./module1')()
m2 = new require('./module2')()

Assuming that you modules look like:

module.exports = function() {
  this.method = function(){}
}

Personally, instead of a function I would just return an object literal from my module:

module.exports = {
  method1: function(){},
  method2: function(){}
}

Then I could invoke the methods from the module's export like such:

m1 = require('./module1');
m1.method1();