# Expose Node.js globals to function node
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [27 December 2020 17:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101 "2020-12-27T17:28:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@tdiam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tdiam)
#### Post date: [27 December 2020 17:28 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101/1 "2020-12-27T17:28:23Z")
Is there a policy on which of the [Node.js globals](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html) are exposed to the function node?
I'd personally like to use the `URL` and `URLSearchParams` objects which are exposed globally in Node.js v10 onwards.
I could make a PR for this (adding to the `sandbox` object [here](https://github.com/node-red/node-red/blob/master/packages/node_modules/%40node-red/nodes/core/function/10-function.js#L132) +tests would suffice I guess?)
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [27 December 2020 17:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101/2 "2020-12-27T17:32:34Z")
you could add them to the global context in settings.js then they would be available in the function node. See the "Global context" section of [https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions)
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### Author:  [@tdiam](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tdiam)
#### Post date: [27 December 2020 18:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101/3 "2020-12-27T18:02:57Z")
Thanks, that's what I'm currently using.
It makes sense though to match the Node.js behavior by adding to the `Buffer`, timeout/interval functions etc. that are already exposed. It would improve a teeny bit on the learning curve and time-to-fresh-setup. However, it's not much so I get why it might as well stay as-is.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [25 February 2021 18:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/expose-node-js-globals-to-function-node/38101/4 "2021-02-25T18:03:08Z")
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