How to change the Node.js module wrapper ?

Module Wrapper Function: Under the hood, NodeJS does not run our code directly, it wraps the entire code inside a function before execution. This function is termed as Module Wrapper Function. Refer https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_the_module_wrapper for official documentation.

Before a module’s code is executed, NodeJS wraps it with a function wrapper that has the following structure:

(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) {
  //module code
});

Use of Module Wrapper Function in NodeJS:

1. The top-level variables declared with var, const, or let are scoped to the module rather than to the global object.
2. It provides some global-looking variables that are specific to the module, such as:
   • The module and exports object that can be used to export values from the module.
   • The variables like  __filename and __dirname, that tells us the module’s absolute filename and its directory path.

Modifying Module Wrapper Function: Consider that we have two files, main.js and module.js. In main.js we overwrite the Module.wrap function in order to console.log(‘modifedMWF’); every time a module is required. Now if we require module.js, it contains a message to confirm whether our modifications are successful or not.

1. This is the first file which will call second.
   main.js

   var Module = require("module");
   
   (function (moduleWrapCopy) {
     Module.wrap = function (script) {
       script = "console.log('modifiedMWF');" + script;
   
       return moduleWrapCopy(script);
     };
   })(Module.wrap);
   
   require("./module.js");
2. This is the second file.
   module.js

   console.log("Hello Geeks from module.js!");

Output: Running main.js, we get the following output that confirms our successful alteration in Module Wrapper Function.

node main.js

Output window on running main.js