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- # parent-module [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/parent-module)
- > Get the path of the parent module
- Node.js exposes `module.parent`, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.
- ## Install
- ```
- $ npm install parent-module
- ```
- ## Usage
- ```js
- // bar.js
- const parentModule = require('parent-module');
- module.exports = () => {
- console.log(parentModule());
- //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
- };
- ```
- ```js
- // foo.js
- const bar = require('./bar');
- bar();
- ```
- ## API
- ### parentModule([filepath])
- By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.
- #### filepath
- Type: `string`<br>
- Default: [`__filename`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_filename)
- Filepath of the module of which to get the parent path.
- Useful if you want it to work [multiple module levels down](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parent-module/tree/master/fixtures/filepath).
- ## Tip
- Combine it with [`read-pkg-up`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) to read the package.json of the parent module.
- ```js
- const path = require('path');
- const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
- const parentModule = require('parent-module');
- console.log(readPkgUp.sync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
- //=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}
- ```
- ## License
- MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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