Node.js HTTPS ESM Loader

https-loader.mjs

/**
 * Adds support for importing ES modules from the web.
 */
export function load(url, _context, nextLoad) {
  if (!url.startsWith("https://")) {
    return nextLoad(url);
  }

  return fetch(url)
    .then((res) => res.text())
    .then((source) => ({ format: "module", shortCircuit: true, source }));
}

nodesm.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mapfile -t register <<JS
import { register } from "node:module";
import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";

register("$XDG_DATA_HOME/node/https-loader.mjs", pathToFileURL("."));
JS

exec node --import "data:text/javascript,${register[*]}" "$@"