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copied!<p>Here's what I think is the 'rightest' answer for this situation.</p> <p>Say you have a script file called <code>quadtree.js</code>.</p> <p>You should build a custom <code>node_module</code> that has this sort of directory structure...</p> <pre><code>./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/ ./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/quadtree.js ./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/README ./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/some-other-crap.js ./node_modules/quadtree/index.js </code></pre> <p>Everything in your <code>./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/</code> directory are files from your 3rd party library. </p> <p>Then your <code>./node_modules/quadtree/index.js</code> file will just load that library from the filesystem and do the work of exporting things properly.</p> <pre><code>var fs = require('fs'); // Read and eval library filedata = fs.readFileSync('./node_modules/quadtree/quadtree-lib/quadtree.js','utf8'); eval(filedata); /* The quadtree.js file defines a class 'QuadTree' which is all we want to export */ exports.QuadTree = QuadTree </code></pre> <p>Now you can use your <code>quadtree</code> module like any other node module...</p> <pre><code>var qt = require('quadtree'); qt.QuadTree(); </code></pre> <hr> <p>I like this method because there's no need to go changing any of the source code of your 3rd party library--so it's easier to maintain. All you need to do on upgrade is look at their source code and ensure that you are still exporting the proper objects.</p>

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