Crystal module path require issue









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This is my first post so please excuse the brevity. I'm learning crystal and trying to include a file which has a shared name with another file in another path. According to the documentation I can use require "path/to/modules/" and include all files within, but when I do this I and then use the imported class, it tells me the class does not exist...



Nothing in the documentation seems to work. Is there some addon module I need to get the paths to work properly or am I misunderstanding something or do I have some syntax error?



This is my code (Using the example on the home page)



require "http/server"
require "modules/HttpRequest"

server = HTTP::Server.new do |context|
context.response.print(request.result)
end

server.listen(80)


And the file HttpRequest.cr is in /modules/.



The error I get



Error in Server.cr:2: while requiring "modules/HttpRequest": can't find file 'modules/HttpRequest'

If you're trying to require a shard:
- Did you remember to run `shards install`?
- Did you make sure you're running the compiler in the same directory as your shard.yml?

require "modules/HttpRequest"
^









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  • Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
    – Stephen Lake
    Nov 11 at 13:30










  • No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
    – PinkFluff
    Nov 11 at 13:50














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This is my first post so please excuse the brevity. I'm learning crystal and trying to include a file which has a shared name with another file in another path. According to the documentation I can use require "path/to/modules/" and include all files within, but when I do this I and then use the imported class, it tells me the class does not exist...



Nothing in the documentation seems to work. Is there some addon module I need to get the paths to work properly or am I misunderstanding something or do I have some syntax error?



This is my code (Using the example on the home page)



require "http/server"
require "modules/HttpRequest"

server = HTTP::Server.new do |context|
context.response.print(request.result)
end

server.listen(80)


And the file HttpRequest.cr is in /modules/.



The error I get



Error in Server.cr:2: while requiring "modules/HttpRequest": can't find file 'modules/HttpRequest'

If you're trying to require a shard:
- Did you remember to run `shards install`?
- Did you make sure you're running the compiler in the same directory as your shard.yml?

require "modules/HttpRequest"
^









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  • Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
    – Stephen Lake
    Nov 11 at 13:30










  • No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
    – PinkFluff
    Nov 11 at 13:50












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This is my first post so please excuse the brevity. I'm learning crystal and trying to include a file which has a shared name with another file in another path. According to the documentation I can use require "path/to/modules/" and include all files within, but when I do this I and then use the imported class, it tells me the class does not exist...



Nothing in the documentation seems to work. Is there some addon module I need to get the paths to work properly or am I misunderstanding something or do I have some syntax error?



This is my code (Using the example on the home page)



require "http/server"
require "modules/HttpRequest"

server = HTTP::Server.new do |context|
context.response.print(request.result)
end

server.listen(80)


And the file HttpRequest.cr is in /modules/.



The error I get



Error in Server.cr:2: while requiring "modules/HttpRequest": can't find file 'modules/HttpRequest'

If you're trying to require a shard:
- Did you remember to run `shards install`?
- Did you make sure you're running the compiler in the same directory as your shard.yml?

require "modules/HttpRequest"
^









share|improve this question















This is my first post so please excuse the brevity. I'm learning crystal and trying to include a file which has a shared name with another file in another path. According to the documentation I can use require "path/to/modules/" and include all files within, but when I do this I and then use the imported class, it tells me the class does not exist...



Nothing in the documentation seems to work. Is there some addon module I need to get the paths to work properly or am I misunderstanding something or do I have some syntax error?



This is my code (Using the example on the home page)



require "http/server"
require "modules/HttpRequest"

server = HTTP::Server.new do |context|
context.response.print(request.result)
end

server.listen(80)


And the file HttpRequest.cr is in /modules/.



The error I get



Error in Server.cr:2: while requiring "modules/HttpRequest": can't find file 'modules/HttpRequest'

If you're trying to require a shard:
- Did you remember to run `shards install`?
- Did you make sure you're running the compiler in the same directory as your shard.yml?

require "modules/HttpRequest"
^






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  • Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
    – Stephen Lake
    Nov 11 at 13:30










  • No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
    – PinkFluff
    Nov 11 at 13:50
















  • Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
    – Stephen Lake
    Nov 11 at 13:30










  • No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
    – PinkFluff
    Nov 11 at 13:50















Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
– Stephen Lake
Nov 11 at 13:30




Surely the / dashes are pointing to root and not relative to the working directory? In which case the first require should be failing as well which is a little strange that it's not...
– Stephen Lake
Nov 11 at 13:30












No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
– PinkFluff
Nov 11 at 13:50




No sorry I have made an error in writing my question - the slashes are not present
– PinkFluff
Nov 11 at 13:50












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Using require "modules/HttpRequest" will look up modules/HttpRequest in CRYSTAL_PATH according to the require rules.



To require a file relative to the current file you need to use require "./modules/HttpRequest".






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    Using require "modules/HttpRequest" will look up modules/HttpRequest in CRYSTAL_PATH according to the require rules.



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      Using require "modules/HttpRequest" will look up modules/HttpRequest in CRYSTAL_PATH according to the require rules.



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