Function in module.exports "is not a function"? - nodejs

Question

I'm trying to use badPort function inside another function (getPort) in module.exports like so:

DEFAULT_PORT = 80;

module.exports = {
        badPort:
                (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
                        return isNaN(c_port) || !between(c_port, min, max);
                },
        getPort:
                (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
                        console.log(this.badPort(c_port));
                        return this.badPort(c_port) ? 80 : c_port;
                },
};     

However, when I use this.badPort(c_port) it throws an exception:

TypeError: this.badPort is not a function

But it's clearly a function as initialised right above it.

If however I take out the (), this.badPort always returns undefined.

Why is this happening and how would I be able to correctly use the function inside module.exports? Is it possible to also declare the "Global variable" DEFAULT_PORT in module.exports this way?

Answer 1

Have you try this to change ":" by "=" like:

DEFAULT_PORT = 80;

module.exports = {
    badPort = (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
                    return isNaN(c_port) || !between(c_port, min, max);
            },
    getPort = (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
                    console.log(this.badPort(c_port));
                    return this.badPort(c_port) ? 80 : c_port;
            },
};  

Answer 2

To reference badPort from the other function you can write it this way:

DEFAULT_PORT = 80;

const badPort = (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
  return isNaN(c_port) || !between(c_port, min, max);
};

const getPort = (c_port, min=80, max=90) => {
  console.log(badPort(c_port));

  return badPort(c_port) ? 80 : c_port;
};

module.exports = {
  badPort,
  getPort
};     

And if you're curious on how to import it correctly, here is an example of a correct import from another js file in the same directory:

const port = require('./port.js');
console.log(port.badPort(1000));

And your default port can be an environment variable using process.env https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v8.x/docs/api/process.html