Clear a module from the cache

Useful for testing purposes when you need to freshly import a module.

$ npm install clear-module

// foo.js
let i = 0;
module.exports = () => ++i;

const clearModule = require('clear-module');

require('./foo')();
//=> 1

require('./foo')();
//=> 2

clearModule('./foo');

require('./foo')();
//=> 1

Type: string

What you would use with require().

Clear all modules from the cache.

Clear all matching modules from the cache.

Type: RegExp

Regex to match against the module IDs.

Clear a single module from the cache non-recursively. No parent or children modules will be affected.

This is mostly only useful if you use singletons, where you would want to clear a specific module without causing any side effects.

Type: string

What you would use with require().

• import-fresh - Import a module while bypassing the cache
• import-from - Import a module from a given path
• import-cwd - Import a module from the current working directory
• import-lazy - Import a module lazily