Use variables in required scripts

[Sebaestschjin]

Hi.

Is it possible to access the available variables within required scripts?

My current goal is to define some default headers for all request in a file. Some of the header values come from the environment, some others from imported variables. I can achieve that with the +request hook and manipulate the headers there. Access to all variables is also possible there. However, since there are multiple headers to add and I also want to use that same function in multiple files, I extracted the functionality into a separate script and simply require that in all files at the top. But then I don't have access to the current variables. I could of course pass all the values I need as a parameter to the function in my script, but that somehow defeats the purpose of the script I think and makes it harder to update.
Any suggestions for that?

E.g. my minimal test example is this:

Request:

{{+request
    require("./script").setHeaders(request)
}}

###
GET http://example.org

Script:

module.exports = {
  setHeaders: (request) => {
    request.headers["SomeHeader"] = some_value;
    request.headers["SomeOtherHeader"] = some_other_value;
  },
};

[AnWeber]

The easiest thing to do is to pass you the variables as objects. Either just use this or in my eyes better, use the variables explicitly.

{{+request
    require("./script").setHeaders(request, this)
}}

{{+request
    require("./script").setHeaders(request, { some_value, some_other_value})
}}

If you require the script in several places, you can have a look at the hook api. That's exactly what it's for and it has easier access to the variables and interface. With this I extend httpyac with the companies internal api

[Sebaestschjin]

Thanks a lot for the very fast answer!
I think's I'll start with the this approach for now, to get that starting quickly, and will also take a look at the hook api. That's the part I didn't read, yet in the documentation...