parent-module
Get the path of the parent module
This module provides a reliable way to get the file path of the module that called your code, working correctly with both CommonJS and ESM modules.
Install
npm install parent-module
Usage
// bar.js
import parentModule from 'parent-module';
export default function bar() {
console.log(parentModule());
//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
}
// foo.js
import bar from './bar.js';
bar();
API
parentModule(filePath?)
Returns: string | undefined
Returns the file path of the immediate parent module, or undefined if there is no parent module (for example, when called from the top-level of an entry module).
filePath
Type: string
Default: import.meta.filename
The file path of the module for which to get the parent path.
Useful for getting the parent of a specific module when the call traverses multiple module levels.
Tip
Combine it with read-package-up to read the package.json of the parent module.
import path from 'node:path';
import {readPackageUpSync} from 'read-package-up';
import parentModule from 'parent-module';
const parent = parentModule();
if (parent) {
console.log(readPackageUpSync({cwd: path.dirname(parent)}).pkg);
//=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}
}