# rechoir [![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/tkellen/js-rechoir.png)](http://travis-ci.org/tkellen/js-rechoir) > Require any supported file as a node module. [![NPM](https://nodei.co/npm/rechoir.png)](https://nodei.co/npm/rechoir/) ## What is it? This module, in conjunction with [interpret]-like objects can register any file type the npm ecosystem has a module loader for. This library is a dependency of [Liftoff]. ## API ### prepare(config, filepath, requireFrom) Look for a module loader associated with the provided file and attempt require it. If necessary, run any setup required to inject it into [require.extensions](http://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_require_extensions). `config` An [interpret]-like configuration object. `filepath` A file whose type you'd like to register a module loader for. `requireFrom` An optional path to start searching for the module required to load the requested file. Defaults to the directory of `filepath`. If calling this method is successful (aka: it doesn't throw), you can now require files of the type you requested natively. An error with a `failures` property will be thrown if the module loader(s) configured for a given extension cannot be registered. If a loader is already registered, this will simply return `true`. **Note:** While rechoir will automatically load and register transpilers like `coffee-script`, you must provide a local installation. The transpilers are **not** bundled with this module. #### Usage ```js const config = require('interpret').extensions; const rechoir = require('rechoir'); rechoir.prepare(config, './test/fixtures/test.coffee'); rechoir.prepare(config, './test/fixtures/test.csv'); rechoir.prepare(config, './test/fixtures/test.toml'); console.log(require('./test/fixtures/test.coffee')); console.log(require('./test/fixtures/test.csv')); console.log(require('./test/fixtures/test.toml')); ``` [interpret]: http://github.com/tkellen/js-interpret [Liftoff]: http://github.com/tkellen/js-liftoff