Check if a node.js module is available

There is a more clever way if you only want to check whether a module is available (but not load it if it's not):

function moduleAvailable(name) {
    try {
        require.resolve(name);
        return true;
    } catch(e){}
    return false;
}

if (moduleAvailable('mongodb')) {
    // yeah we've got it!
}

Here is the most clever way I found to do this. If anyone has a better way to do so, please point it out.

var mongodb;
try {
    mongodb = require( 'mongodb' );
}
catch( e ) {
    if ( e.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ) {
        // The module hasn't been found
    }
}

Check if a node.js module is available

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