Import a globally installed module

Please don't use this unless absolutely necessary. Local dependencies should be preferred.

npm install import-global

npm install --global cat-names

import {importGlobal} from 'import-global';

const {default: catNames} = await importGlobal('cat-names');

catNames.random();
//=> 'Snuggles'

Throws if the module cannot be found.

Returns undefined instead of throwing if the module cannot be found.

Type: string

What you would use in import().

• resolve-global - Resolve the path of a globally installed module
• import-from - Import a module from a given path
• resolve-from - Resolve the path of a module from a given path
• is-installed-globally - Check if your package was installed globally
• global-directory - Get the directory of globally installed packages and binaries