I have a script called myscript.js. I execute the script usually
using this command:
$ node myscript.js
How can I include the JStat Library via the CDN address in the script:
//cdn.jsdelivr.net/jstat/1.2.1/jstat.min.js
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There isn't any logic built into node's require to do this.
If you are certain that this library supports use on the server-side (not all libraries are "isomorphic", that is, usable on both client and server side), then you can download it and require it locally (require('./jstat.min.js')).
The best way would be to find it on npm and install it, like any other node module.
Note: There isn't really an advantage to using a cdn on the server side. The main use case for a cdn is providing a cacheable copy to users' browsers, but users' browsers won't be running node code.
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John Deighan
A lot of code examples on the web assume that you're running in a browser and provide script tags that load something from a CDN. However, I often want to just use that library in a simple nodejs script. That's a common use case. If the same library can be found in npm, that's great, but finding it might take too much time. And, of course, you wouldn't expect to use a library that assumes the presence of a DOM or other browser artifact.