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.. _writing_modules:
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.. index:: Modules, Modules, Custom module
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Writing CasperJS modules
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As of 1.1, CasperJS relies on PhantomJS' native ``require()`` function internally though it had to be patched in order to allow requiring casper modules using their full name, eg. ``require('casper')``.
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So if you plan to write your own modules and use casperjs' ones from them, be sure to call the ``patchRequire()`` function::
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// my module, stored in universe.js
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// patching phantomjs' require()
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var require = patchRequire(require);
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// now you're ready to go
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var utils = require('utils');
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var magic = 42;
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exports.answer = function() {
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return utils.format("it's %d", magic);
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};
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.. warning::
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When using CoffeeScript ``global.require`` must be passed to ``patchRequire()`` instead of just ``require``::
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require = patchRequire global.require
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utils = require 'utils'
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magic = 42
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exports.answer = ->
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utils.format "it's ${magic}"
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From your root casper script::
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var universe = require('./universe');
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console.log(universe.answer()); // prints "It's 42"
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.. versionadded:: 1.1.
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.. hint::
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CasperJS allows using nodejs modules installed through npm_. Note that since CasperJS uses it's own JavaScript environment, npm modules that use node-specific features will not work under CasperJS.
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As an example, let's install the underscore_ library:
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.. _npm: https://npmjs.org/
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.. _underscore: http://underscorejs.org/
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.. code-block:: text
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$ npm install underscore
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Then, ``require`` it like you would with any other nodejs compliant module::
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//npm-underscore-test.js
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var _ = require('underscore');
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var casper = require('casper').create();
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var urls = _.uniq([
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'http://google.com/',
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'http://docs.casperjs.org/',
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'http://google.com/'
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]);
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casper.start().eachThen(urls, function(response) {
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this.thenOpen(response.data, function(response) {
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this.echo(this.getTitle());
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});
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});
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casper.run();
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Finally, you’ll probably get something like this:
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.. code-block:: text
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$ casperjs npm-underscore-test.js
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Google
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CasperJS documentation | CasperJS 1.1.0-DEV documentation
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