Helper function to load ESM packages from NPM in your browser dev tools console

npm.js

/**
 * Load an ESM package from npm in your JavaScript environment.
 *
 * Loads packages from https://www.npmjs.com/ via the CDN https://www.jsdelivr.com/
 *
 * Usage:
 * 
 *     const lodash = await npm('lodash-es')
 *     const lodash = await npm('lodash-es@4')
 *     const lodash = await npm('[email protected]')
 *
 *     lodash.uniq([1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2]) // [1, 3, 2]
 */
async function npm(name) {
  return await import(`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/${name}/+esm`)
}

usage-example.js

const lodash = await npm('lodash-es')

lodash.uniq([1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2]) 
// [1, 3, 2]

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