# lazy-cache [![NPM version](https://badge.fury.io/js/lazy-cache.svg)](http://badge.fury.io/js/lazy-cache) > Cache requires to be lazy-loaded when needed. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) ```sh $ npm i lazy-cache --save ``` ## Usage ```js var lazy = require('lazy-cache')(require); ``` **Use as a property on `lazy`** The module is also added as a property to the `lazy` function so it can be called without having to call a function first. ```js var lazy = require('lazy-cache')(require); // `npm install glob` lazy('glob'); // glob sync console.log(lazy.glob.sync('*.js')); // glob async lazy.glob('*.js', function (err, files) { console.log(files); }); ``` **Use as a function** ```js var lazy = require('lazy-cache')(require); var glob = lazy('glob'); // `glob` is a now a function that may be called when needed glob().sync('foo/*.js'); ``` ## Aliases An alias may be passed as the second argument if you don't want to use the automatically camel-cased variable name. **Example** ```js var lazy = require('lazy-cache')(require); lazy('ansi-yellow', 'yellow'); console.log(lazy.yellow('foo')); ``` ## Related [lint-deps](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/lint-deps): CLI tool that tells you when dependencies are missing from package.json and offers you a… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/lint-deps) ## Running tests Install dev dependencies: ```sh $ npm i -d && npm test ``` ## Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/lazy-cache/issues/new) ## Author **Jon Schlinkert** + [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) + [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ## License Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license. *** _This file was generated by [verb-cli](https://github.com/assemble/verb-cli) on August 19, 2015._