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Instead, you can find the same functionality, plus additional features, here: esm-loader-import-relative-extension

esm-loader-import-relative-add-extension

Node.js ESModule Loader for adding missing file extensions to relative imports, allowing Node.js to actually resolve the file.

You can use this for .js files, or Node has a built-in flag --experimental-specifier-resolution=node which may work instead. For any file extensions other than .js, this is the loader for you.

Warning! Using experimental Node.js features and flags, API will likely change. This may be helpful for development and testing, but should not be used in production.

Usage

For example, when using Typescript, the imports of other Typescript files are usually suggested to NOT use any file extension:

// lib.ts
const result: Record<string, string> = {
  welcome: 'hello',
}
export default result.welcome

// index.ts
import welcome from './lib' // NO EXT!
console.dir(welcome) // 'hello'

However, if we are using loaders with Node.js, this will fail as Node has no idea what to do with this. Using our loader, we'll add wanted file extensions to these imports on-the-fly, allowing Node to resolve the file after all.

Chainable

This loader can be configured, and chained with other loaders, using node-esm-loader.

npm install --save-dev \
  esm-loader-import-relative-add-extension \
  esm-loader-typescript \
  node-esm-loader

// .loaderrc.js
export default {
  loaders: [
    'esm-loader-typescript',
    {
      loader: 'esm-loader-import-relative-add-extension',
      options: {
        extensions: {
          '.ts': '.ts',
        },
      },
    },
  ],
}

Options

Extensions

// .loaderrc.js
export default {
  loaders: [
    {
      loader: 'esm-loader-import-relative-add-extension',
      options: {
        extensions: {
          // Any relative imports found in .js files, which are missing a file
          //  extension, will have the '.js' extension added on-the-fly.
          '.js': '.js',

          // Any relative imports found in .ts or .svelte files, which are
          //  missing a file extension, will have the '.ts' extension added
          //  on-the-fly.
          '.ts': '.ts',
          '.svelte': '.ts',
        },
      },
    },
  ],
}

Debug

// .loaderrc.js
export default {
  loaders: [
    {
      loader: 'esm-loader-import-relative-add-extension',
      options: {
        debug: true,
      },
    },
  ],
}

Ordering

In your loader chain:

• This loader should come after:
  • esm-loader-import-alias

License

MIT