Dynamic Package Install & Import

index.js

import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'
import { resolve } from 'node:path'
const name = 'lodash'
const opts = { 
  cwd: './tmp'
}
const { status } = spawnSync('npm', ['install', name], opts)
if (status !== 0) {
  throw new Error('Failed to install package')
}
const { stdout } = spawnSync('npm', ['query', `#${name}`], opts)
const pkg = JSON.parse(stdout.toString())[0]
if (!pkg) {
  throw new Error('Failed to get package info')
}
const path = pkg.main ? resolve(pkg.realpath, pkg.main) : pkg.realpath
const mod = await import(path)
console.log(mod)