# parent-module [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/parent-module)
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> Get the path of the parent module
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Node.js exposes `module.parent`, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.
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## Install
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```
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$ npm install parent-module
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```
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## Usage
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```js
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// bar.js
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const parentModule = require('parent-module');
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module.exports = () => {
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console.log(parentModule());
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//=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
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};
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```
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```js
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// foo.js
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const bar = require('./bar');
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bar();
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```
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## API
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### parentModule([filepath])
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By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.
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#### filepath
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Type: `string`<br>
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Default: [`__filename`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_filename)
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Filepath of the module of which to get the parent path.
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Useful if you want it to work [multiple module levels down](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parent-module/tree/master/fixtures/filepath).
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## Tip
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Combine it with [`read-pkg-up`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) to read the package.json of the parent module.
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```js
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const path = require('path');
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const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
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const parentModule = require('parent-module');
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console.log(readPkgUp.sync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
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//=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}
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```
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## License
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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