Sails.js + PageDown -- How to call the add-on

Question

I want to add Pagedown (Stack Exchange's markdown, installed from npm) to Sailsjs. I have it properly 'required' in my application.js file, however I am stumped as to how to use it anywhere outside of said file.

My goal is to use Pagedown either in a controller's action function, or for a model's beforeUpdate(). Any leads?

Answer 1

if you add a service (./api/services/) with the name pagedown.js containing:

module.exports = require("pagedown");

you have the pagedown object globally available.