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npm install @alloc/caller-path

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Updated on Apr 14, 2021

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Latest Version

3.0.0

Package Id

@alloc/caller-path@3.0.0

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6.14.8

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caller-callsite

Dev Dependencies

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ava tsd xo

caller-path

Get the path of the caller function

Important: You have to use 'use strict'; in your code for this module to work correctly, or make sure the module is an ESM module, which is implicitly strict.

Fork that includes https://github.com/sindresorhus/caller-path/pull/9

Install

$ npm install caller-path

Usage

1// foo.js
2const callerPath = require('caller-path');
3
4module.exports = () => {
5	console.log(callerPath());
6	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/bar.js'
7}

1// bar.js
2const foo = require('./foo');
3foo();

If the caller's callsite object getFileName was not defined for some reason, it will return undefined.

API

callerPath(options?)

Get the path of the caller function.

depth

Type: number
Default: 0

The caller path depth, meaning how many levels we follow back on the stack trace.

For example:

1// foo.js
2const callerPath = require('caller-path');
3
4module.exports = () => {
5	console.log(callerPath());
6	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foobar.js'
7	console.log(callerPath({depth: 1}));
8	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/bar.js'
9	console.log(callerPath({depth: 2}));
10	//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
11}

1// bar.js
2const foo = require('./foo');
3
4module.exports = () => {
5	foo();
6}

1// foobar.js
2const bar = require('./bar');
3bar();

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