node.js - Detect if called through require or directly by command line

Question

How can I detect whether my Node.JS file was called using SH:node path-to-file or JS:require('path-to-file')?

This is the Node.JS equivalent to my previous question in Perl: How can I run my Perl script only if it wasn't loaded with require?

Answer 1

if (require.main === module) {
    console.log('called directly');
} else {
    console.log('required as a module');
}

See documentation for this here: https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/modules.html#modules_accessing_the_main_module