module.findPackageJSON

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module.findPackageJSON(specifier, base?): string | undefined

Stability: 1.1Active Development

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specifier:string | URL

The specifier for the module whose package.json to retrieve. When passing a bare specifier, the package.json at the root of the package is returned. When passing a relative specifier or an absolute specifier, the closest parent package.json is returned.

base:string | URL

The absolute location (file: URL string or FS path) of the containing module. For CJS, use __filename (not __dirname!); for ESM, use import.meta.url. You do not need to pass it if specifier is an absolute specifier.

Returns:string | undefined

A path if the package.json is found. When specifier is a package, the package's root package.json; when a relative or unresolved, the closest package.json to the specifier.

Caveat: Do not use this to try to determine module format. There are many things affecting that determination; the type field of package.json is the least definitive (ex file extension supersedes it, and a loader hook supersedes that).

Caveat: This currently leverages only the built-in default resolver; if resolve customization hooks are registered, they will not affect the resolution. This may change in the future.

/path/to/project
  ├ packages/
    ├ bar/
      ├ bar.js
      └ package.json // name = '@foo/bar'
    └ qux/
      ├ node_modules/
        └ some-package/
          └ package.json // name = 'some-package'
      ├ qux.js
      └ package.json // name = '@foo/qux'
  ├ main.js
  └ package.json // name = '@foo'

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// /path/to/project/packages/bar/bar.js
import { findPackageJSON } from 'node:module';

findPackageJSON('..', import.meta.url);
// '/path/to/project/package.json'
// Same result when passing an absolute specifier instead:
findPackageJSON(new URL('../', import.meta.url));
findPackageJSON(import.meta.resolve('../'));

findPackageJSON('some-package', import.meta.url);
// '/path/to/project/packages/bar/node_modules/some-package/package.json'
// When passing an absolute specifier, you might get a different result if the
// resolved module is inside a subfolder that has nested `package.json`.
findPackageJSON(import.meta.resolve('some-package'));
// '/path/to/project/packages/bar/node_modules/some-package/some-subfolder/package.json'

findPackageJSON('@foo/qux', import.meta.url);
// '/path/to/project/packages/qux/package.json'

JavaScript

// /path/to/project/packages/bar/bar.js
const { findPackageJSON } = require('node:module');
const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url');
const path = require('node:path');

findPackageJSON('..', __filename);
// '/path/to/project/package.json'
// Same result when passing an absolute specifier instead:
findPackageJSON(pathToFileURL(path.join(__dirname, '..')));

findPackageJSON('some-package', __filename);
// '/path/to/project/packages/bar/node_modules/some-package/package.json'
// When passing an absolute specifier, you might get a different result if the
// resolved module is inside a subfolder that has nested `package.json`.
findPackageJSON(pathToFileURL(require.resolve('some-package')));
// '/path/to/project/packages/bar/node_modules/some-package/some-subfolder/package.json'

findPackageJSON('@foo/qux', __filename);
// '/path/to/project/packages/qux/package.json'

JavaScript