This README is for babel-loader v8 + Babel v7 Check the 7.x branch for docs with Babel v6
This package allows transpiling JavaScript files using Babel and webpack.
Note: Issues with the output should be reported on the Babel Issues tracker.
webpack 4.x | babel-loader 8.x | babel 7.x
npm install -D babel-loader @babel/core @babel/preset-env webpackwebpack documentation: Loaders
Within your webpack configuration object, you'll need to add the babel-loader to the list of modules, like so:
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
presets: ['@babel/preset-env']
}
}
}
]
}See the babel options.
You can pass options to the loader by using the options property:
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread']
}
}
}
]
}This loader also supports the following loader-specific option:
cacheDirectory: Default false. When set, the given directory will be used to cache the results of the loader. Future webpack builds will attempt to read from the cache to avoid needing to run the potentially expensive Babel recompilation process on each run. If the value is set to true in options ({cacheDirectory: true}), the loader will use the default cache directory in node_modules/.cache/babel-loader or fallback to the default OS temporary file directory if no node_modules folder could be found in any root directory.
cacheIdentifier: Default is a string composed by the @babel/core's version, the babel-loader's version, the contents of .babelrc file if it exists, and the value of the environment variable BABEL_ENV with a fallback to the NODE_ENV environment variable. This can be set to a custom value to force cache busting if the identifier changes.
cacheCompression: Default true. When set, each Babel transform output will be compressed with Gzip. If you want to opt-out of cache compression, set it to false -- your project may benefit from this if it transpiles thousands of files.
customize: Default null. The path of a module that exports a custom callback like the one that you'd pass to .custom(). Since you already have to make a new file to use this, it is recommended that you instead use .custom to create a wrapper loader. Only use this if you must continue using babel-loader directly, but still want to customize.
Make sure you are transforming as few files as possible. Because you are probably matching /\.m?js$/, you might be transforming the node_modules folder or other unwanted source.
To exclude node_modules, see the exclude option in the loaders config as documented above.
You can also speed up babel-loader by as much as 2x by using the cacheDirectory option. This will cache transformations to the filesystem.
Babel uses very small helpers for common functions such as _extend. By default, this will be added to every file that requires it.
You can instead require the Babel runtime as a separate module to avoid the duplication.
The following configuration disables automatic per-file runtime injection in Babel, requiring @babel/plugin-transform-runtime instead and making all helper references use it.
See the docs for more information.
NOTE: You must run npm install -D @babel/plugin-transform-runtime to include this in your project and @babel/runtime itself as a dependency with npm install @babel/runtime.
rules: [
// the 'transform-runtime' plugin tells Babel to
// require the runtime instead of inlining it.
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
plugins: ['@babel/plugin-transform-runtime']
}
}
}
]Since @babel/plugin-transform-runtime includes a polyfill that includes a custom regenerator-runtime and core-js, the following usual shimming method using webpack.ProvidePlugin will not work:
// ...
new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
'Promise': 'bluebird'
}),
// ...The following approach will not work either:
require('@babel/runtime/core-js/promise').default = require('bluebird');
var promise = new Promise;which outputs to (using runtime):
'use strict';
var _Promise = require('@babel/runtime/core-js/promise')['default'];
require('@babel/runtime/core-js/promise')['default'] = require('bluebird');
var promise = new _Promise();The previous Promise library is referenced and used before it is overridden.
One approach is to have a "bootstrap" step in your application that would first override the default globals before your application:
// bootstrap.js
require('@babel/runtime/core-js/promise').default = require('bluebird');
// ...
require('./app');babel has been moved to babel-core.If you receive this message, it means that you have the npm package babel installed and are using the short notation of the loader in the webpack config (which is not valid anymore as of webpack 2.x):
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
loader: 'babel',
}webpack then tries to load the babel package instead of the babel-loader.
To fix this, you should uninstall the npm package babel, as it is deprecated in Babel v6. (Instead, install @babel/cli or @babel/core.)
In the case one of your dependencies is installing babel and you cannot uninstall it yourself, use the complete name of the loader in the webpack config:
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
}core-js and webpack/buildin will cause errors if they are transpiled by Babel.
You will need to exclude them form babel-loader.
{
"loader": "babel-loader",
"options": {
"exclude": [
// \\ for Windows, \/ for Mac OS and Linux
/node_modules[\\\/]core-js/,
/node_modules[\\\/]webpack[\\\/]buildin/,
],
"presets": [
"@babel/preset-env"
]
}
}Webpack supports bundling multiple targets. For cases where you may want different Babel configurations for each target (like web and node), this loader provides a target property via Babel's caller API.
For example, to change the environment targets passed to @babel/preset-env based on the webpack target:
// babel.config.js
module.exports = api => {
return {
plugins: [
"@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator",
"@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining"
],
presets: [
[
"@babel/preset-env",
{
useBuiltIns: "entry",
// caller.target will be the same as the target option from webpack
targets: api.caller(caller => caller && caller.target === "node")
? { node: "current" }
: { chrome: "58", ie: "11" }
}
]
]
}
}babel-loader exposes a loader-builder utility that allows users to add custom handling
of Babel's configuration for each file that it processes.
.custom accepts a callback that will be called with the loader's instance of
babel so that tooling can ensure that it using exactly the same @babel/core
instance as the loader itself.
In cases where you want to customize without actually having a file to call .custom, you
may also pass the customize option with a string pointing at a file that exports
your custom callback function.
// Export from "./my-custom-loader.js" or whatever you want.
module.exports = require("babel-loader").custom(babel => {
function myPlugin() {
return {
visitor: {},
};
}
return {
// Passed the loader options.
customOptions({ opt1, opt2, ...loader }) {
return {
// Pull out any custom options that the loader might have.
custom: { opt1, opt2 },
// Pass the options back with the two custom options removed.
loader,
};
},
// Passed Babel's 'PartialConfig' object.
config(cfg) {
if (cfg.hasFilesystemConfig()) {
// Use the normal config
return cfg.options;
}
return {
...cfg.options,
plugins: [
...(cfg.options.plugins || []),
// Include a custom plugin in the options.
myPlugin,
],
};
},
result(result) {
return {
...result,
code: result.code + "\n// Generated by some custom loader",
};
},
};
});// And in your Webpack config
module.exports = {
// ..
module: {
rules: [{
// ...
loader: path.join(__dirname, 'my-custom-loader.js'),
// ...
}]
}
};customOptions(options: Object): { custom: Object, loader: Object }Given the loader's options, split custom options out of babel-loader's
options.
config(cfg: PartialConfig): ObjectGiven Babel's PartialConfig object, return the options object that should
be passed to babel.transform.
result(result: Result): ResultGiven Babel's result object, allow loaders to make additional tweaks to it.
Compile CoffeeScript to JavaScript.
To begin, you'll need to install coffeescript and coffee-loader:
npm install --save-dev coffeescript coffee-loader
Then add the plugin to your webpack config. For example:
file.coffee
# Assignment:
number = 42
opposite = true
# Conditions:
number = -42 if opposite
# Functions:
square = (x) -> x * x
# Arrays:
list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
# Objects:
math =
root: Math.sqrt
square: square
cube: (x) -> x * square x
# Splats:
race = (winner, runners...) ->
print winner, runners
# Existence:
alert "I knew it!" if elvis?
# Array comprehensions:
cubes = (math.cube num for num in list)
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.coffee$/,
loader: "coffee-loader",
},
],
},
};Alternative usage:
import coffee from "coffee-loader!./file.coffee";And run webpack via your preferred method.
Type: Object
Default: { bare: true }
Options for CoffeeScript. All possible options you can find here.
Documentation for the transpile option you can find here.
ℹ️ The
sourceMapoption takes a value from thecompiler.devtoolvalue by default.
ℹ️ The
filenameoption takes a value from webpack loader API. The option value will be ignored.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.coffee$/,
loader: "coffee-loader",
options: {
bare: false,
transpile: {
presets: ["@babel/env"],
},
},
},
],
},
};From CoffeeScript 2 documentation:
CoffeeScript 2 generates JavaScript that uses the latest, modern syntax. The runtime or browsers where you want your code to run might not support all of that syntax. In that case, we want to convert modern JavaScript into older JavaScript that will run in older versions of Node or older browsers; for example,
{ a } = objintoa = obj.a. This is done via transpilers like Babel, Bublé or Traceur Compiler.
You'll need to install @babel/core and @babel/preset-env and then create a configuration file:
npm install --save-dev @babel/core @babel/preset-env
echo '{ "presets": ["@babel/env"] }' > .babelrc
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.coffee$/,
loader: "coffee-loader",
options: {
transpile: {
presets: ["@babel/env"],
},
},
},
],
},
};For using Literate CoffeeScript you should setup:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.coffee$/,
loader: "coffee-loader",
options: {
literate: true,
},
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
The css-loader interprets @import and url() like import/require() and will resolve them.
⚠ To use css-loader, webpack@5 is required
To begin, you'll need to install css-loader:
npm install --save-dev css-loader
Then add the plugin to your webpack config. For example:
file.js
import css from "file.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
toStringYou can also use the css-loader results directly as a string, such as in Angular's component style.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["to-string-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};or
const css = require("./test.css").toString();
console.log(css); // {String}If there are SourceMaps, they will also be included in the result string.
If, for one reason or another, you need to extract CSS as a plain string resource (i.e. not wrapped in a JS module) you might want to check out the extract-loader. It's useful when you, for instance, need to post process the CSS as a string.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"handlebars-loader", // handlebars loader expects raw resource string
"extract-loader",
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | {Boolean|Object} | true | Allows to enables/disables url()/image-set() functions handling |
import | {Boolean|Object} | true | Allows to enables/disables @import at-rules handling |
modules | {Boolean|String|Object} | {auto: true} | Allows to enables/disables or setup CSS Modules options |
sourceMap | {Boolean} | compiler.devtool | Enables/Disables generation of source maps |
importLoaders | {Number} | 0 | Allows enables/disables or setups number of loaders applied before CSS loader for @import/CSS Modules and ICSS imports |
esModule | {Boolean} | true | Use ES modules syntax |
urlType: Boolean|Object
Default: true
Allow to enable/disables handling the CSS functions url and image-set.
If set to false, css-loader will not parse any paths specified in url or image-set.
A function can also be passed to control this behavior dynamically based on the path to the asset.
Starting with version 4.0.0, absolute paths are parsed based on the server root.
Examples resolutions:
url(image.png) => require('./image.png')
url('image.png') => require('./image.png')
url(./image.png) => require('./image.png')
url('./image.png') => require('./image.png')
url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/2112.png') => require('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/2112.png')
image-set(url('image2x.png') 1x, url('image1x.png') 2x) => require('./image1x.png') and require('./image2x.png')
To import assets from a node_modules path (include resolve.modules) and for alias, prefix it with a ~:
url(~module/image.png) => require('module/image.png')
url('~module/image.png') => require('module/image.png')
url(~aliasDirectory/image.png) => require('otherDirectory/image.png')
BooleanEnable/disable url() resolving.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
url: true,
},
},
],
},
};ObjectAllow to filter url(). All filtered url() will not be resolved (left in the code as they were written).
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
url: {
filter: (url, resourcePath) => {
// resourcePath - path to css file
// Don't handle `img.png` urls
if (url.includes("img.png")) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};importType: Boolean|Object
Default: true
Allows to enables/disables @import at-rules handling.
Control @import resolving. Absolute urls in @import will be moved in runtime code.
Examples resolutions:
@import 'style.css' => require('./style.css')
@import url(style.css) => require('./style.css')
@import url('style.css') => require('./style.css')
@import './style.css' => require('./style.css')
@import url(./style.css) => require('./style.css')
@import url('./style.css') => require('./style.css')
@import url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/style.css') => @import url('http://dontwritehorriblecode.com/style.css') in runtime
To import styles from a node_modules path (include resolve.modules) and for alias, prefix it with a ~:
@import url(~module/style.css) => require('module/style.css')
@import url('~module/style.css') => require('module/style.css')
@import url(~aliasDirectory/style.css) => require('otherDirectory/style.css')
BooleanEnable/disable @import resolving.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
import: true,
},
},
],
},
};Object| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
filter | {Function} | undefined | Allow to filter @import |
filterType: Function
Default: undefined
Allow to filter @import. All filtered @import will not be resolved (left in the code as they were written).
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
import: {
filter: (url, media, resourcePath) => {
// resourcePath - path to css file
// Don't handle `style.css` import
if (url.includes("style.css")) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};modulesType: Boolean|String|Object
Default: undefined
Allows to enable/disable CSS Modules or ICSS and setup configuration:
undefined - enable CSS modules for all files matching /\.module\.\w+$/i.test(filename) and /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) regexp.true - enable CSS modules for all files.false - disables CSS Modules for all files.string - disables CSS Modules for all files and set the mode option, more information you can read hereobject - enable CSS modules for all files, if modules.auto option is not specified, otherwise the modules.auto option will determine whether if it is CSS modules or not, more information you can read hereThe modules option enables/disables the CSS Modules specification and setup basic behaviour.
Using false value increase performance because we avoid parsing CSS Modules features, it will be useful for developers who use vanilla css or use other technologies.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
},
},
],
},
};FeaturesScopeUsing local value requires you to specify :global classes.
Using global value requires you to specify :local classes.
Using pure value requires selectors must contain at least one local class or id.
You can find more information here.
Styles can be locally scoped to avoid globally scoping styles.
The syntax :local(.className) can be used to declare className in the local scope. The local identifiers are exported by the module.
With :local (without brackets) local mode can be switched on for this selector.
The :global(.className) notation can be used to declare an explicit global selector.
With :global (without brackets) global mode can be switched on for this selector.
The loader replaces local selectors with unique identifiers. The chosen unique identifiers are exported by the module.
:local(.className) {
background: red;
}
:local .className {
color: green;
}
:local(.className .subClass) {
color: green;
}
:local .className .subClass :global(.global-class-name) {
color: blue;
}._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
background: red;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
color: green;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO ._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 {
color: green;
}
._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO ._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 .global-class-name {
color: blue;
}ℹ️ Identifiers are exported
exports.locals = {
className: "_23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
subClass: "_13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1",
};CamelCase is recommended for local selectors. They are easier to use within the imported JS module.
You can use :local(#someId), but this is not recommended. Use classes instead of ids.
ComposingWhen declaring a local classname you can compose a local class from another local classname.
:local(.className) {
background: red;
color: yellow;
}
:local(.subClass) {
composes: className;
background: blue;
}This doesn't result in any change to the CSS itself but exports multiple classnames.
exports.locals = {
className: "_23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
subClass: "_13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 _23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO",
};._23_aKvs-b8bW2Vg3fwHozO {
background: red;
color: yellow;
}
._13LGdX8RMStbBE9w-t0gZ1 {
background: blue;
}ImportingTo import a local classname from another module.
i We strongly recommend that you specify the extension when importing a file, since it is possible to import a file with any extension and it is not known in advance which file to use.
:local(.continueButton) {
composes: button from "library/button.css";
background: red;
}:local(.nameEdit) {
composes: edit highlight from "./edit.css";
background: red;
}To import from multiple modules use multiple composes: rules.
:local(.className) {
composes: edit hightlight from "./edit.css";
composes: button from "module/button.css";
composes: classFromThisModule;
background: red;
}ValuesYou can use @value to specific values to be reused throughout a document.
We recommend use prefix v- for values, s- for selectors and m- for media at-rules.
@value v-primary: #BF4040;
@value s-black: black-selector;
@value m-large: (min-width: 960px);
.header {
color: v-primary;
padding: 0 10px;
}
.s-black {
color: black;
}
@media m-large {
.header {
padding: 0 20px;
}
}BooleanEnable CSS Modules features.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
},
},
],
},
};StringEnable CSS Modules features and setup mode.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
// Using `local` value has same effect like using `modules: true`
modules: "global",
},
},
],
},
};ObjectEnable CSS Modules features and setup options for them.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
mode: "local",
auto: true,
exportGlobals: true,
localIdentName: "[path][name]__[local]--[hash:base64:5]",
localIdentContext: path.resolve(__dirname, "src"),
localIdentHashSalt: "my-custom-hash",
namedExport: true,
exportLocalsConvention: "camelCase",
exportOnlyLocals: false,
},
},
},
],
},
};autoType: Boolean|RegExp|Function
Default: undefined
Allows auto enable CSS modules/ICSS based on filename when modules option is object.
Possible values:
undefined - enable CSS modules for all files.true - enable CSS modules for all files matching /\.module\.\w+$/i.test(filename) and /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) regexp.false - disables CSS Modules.RegExp - enable CSS modules for all files matching /RegExp/i.test(filename) regexp.function - enable CSS Modules for files based on the filename satisfying your filter function check.BooleanPossible values:
true - enables CSS modules or interoperable CSS format, sets the modules.mode option to local value for all files which satisfy /\.module(s)?\.\w+$/i.test(filename) condition or sets the modules.mode option to icss value for all files which satisfy /\.icss\.\w+$/i.test(filename) conditionfalse - disables CSS modules or interoperable CSS format based on filenamewebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};RegExpEnable css modules for files based on the filename satisfying your regex check.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: /\.custom-module\.\w+$/i,
},
},
},
],
},
};FunctionEnable css modules for files based on the filename satisfying your filter function check.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
auto: (resourcePath) => resourcePath.endsWith(".custom-module.css"),
},
},
},
],
},
};modeType: String|Function
Default: 'local'
Setup mode option. You can omit the value when you want local mode.
Controls the level of compilation applied to the input styles.
The local, global, and pure handles class and id scoping and @value values.
The icss will only compile the low level Interoperable CSS format for declaring :import and :export dependencies between CSS and other languages.
ICSS underpins CSS Module support, and provides a low level syntax for other tools to implement CSS-module variations of their own.
StringPossible values - local, global, pure, and icss.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
mode: "global",
},
},
},
],
},
};FunctionAllows set different values for the mode option based on a filename
Possible return values - local, global, pure and icss.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
// Callback must return "local", "global", or "pure" values
mode: (resourcePath) => {
if (/pure.css$/i.test(resourcePath)) {
return "pure";
}
if (/global.css$/i.test(resourcePath)) {
return "global";
}
return "local";
},
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentNameType: String
Default: '[hash:base64]'
Allows to configure the generated local ident name.
For more information on options see:
Supported template strings:
[name] the basename of the resource[path] the path of the resource relative to the compiler.context option or modules.localIdentContext option.[file] - filename and path.[ext] - extension with leading .[hash] - the hash of the string, generated based on localIdentHashSalt, localIdentHashFunction, localIdentHashDigest, localIdentHashDigestLength, localIdentContext, resourcePath and exportName[<hashFunction>:hash:<hashDigest>:<hashDigestLength>] - hash with hash settings.[local] - original class.Recommendations:
'[path][name]__[local]' for development'[hash:base64]' for productionThe [local] placeholder contains original class.
Note: all reserved (<>:"/\|?*) and control filesystem characters (excluding characters in the [local] placeholder) will be converted to -.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentName: "[path][name]__[local]--[hash:base64:5]",
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentContextType: String
Default: compiler.context
Allows to redefine basic loader context for local ident name.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentContext: path.resolve(__dirname, "src"),
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentHashSaltType: String
Default: undefined
Allows to add custom hash to generate more unique classes. For more information see output.hashSalt.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashSalt: "hash",
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentHashFunctionType: String
Default: md4
Allows to specify hash function to generate classes . For more information see output.hashFunction.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashFunction: "md4",
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentHashDigestType: String
Default: hex
Allows to specify hash digest to generate classes. For more information see output.hashDigest.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashDigest: "base64",
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentHashDigestLengthType: Number
Default: 20
Allows to specify hash digest length to generate classes. For more information see output.hashDigestLength.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentHashDigestLength: 5,
},
},
},
],
},
};localIdentRegExpType: String|RegExp
Default: undefined
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
localIdentRegExp: /page-(.*)\.css/i,
},
},
},
],
},
};getLocalIdentType: Function
Default: undefined
Allows to specify a function to generate the classname.
By default we use built-in function to generate a classname.
If the custom function returns null or undefined, we fallback to the
built-in function to generate the classname.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
getLocalIdent: (context, localIdentName, localName, options) => {
return "whatever_random_class_name";
},
},
},
},
],
},
};namedExportType: Boolean
Default: false
Enables/disables ES modules named export for locals.
⚠ Names of locals are converted to camelcase, i.e. the
exportLocalsConventionoption hascamelCaseOnlyvalue by default.
⚠ It is not allowed to use JavaScript reserved words in css class names.
styles.css
.foo-baz {
color: red;
}
.bar {
color: blue;
}index.js
import { fooBaz, bar } from "./styles.css";
console.log(fooBaz, bar);You can enable a ES module named export using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
esModule: true,
modules: {
namedExport: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};To set a custom name for namedExport, can use exportLocalsConvention option as a function.
Example below in the examples section.
exportGlobalsType: Boolean
Default: false
Allow css-loader to export names from global class or id, so you can use that as local name.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportGlobals: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};exportLocalsConventionType: String|Function
Default: based on the modules.namedExport option value, if true - camelCaseOnly, otherwise asIs
Style of exported class names.
StringBy default, the exported JSON keys mirror the class names (i.e asIs value).
⚠ Only
camelCaseOnlyvalue allowed if you set thenamedExportvalue totrue.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
'asIs' | {String} | Class names will be exported as is. |
'camelCase' | {String} | Class names will be camelized, the original class name will not to be removed from the locals |
'camelCaseOnly' | {String} | Class names will be camelized, the original class name will be removed from the locals |
'dashes' | {String} | Only dashes in class names will be camelized |
'dashesOnly' | {String} | Dashes in class names will be camelized, the original class name will be removed from the locals |
file.css
.class-name {
}file.js
import { className } from "file.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: "camelCase",
},
},
},
],
},
};Functionwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return name.replace(/-/g, "_");
},
},
},
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return [
name.replace(/-/g, "_"),
// dashesCamelCase
name.replace(/-+(\w)/g, (match, firstLetter) =>
firstLetter.toUpperCase()
),
];
},
},
},
},
],
},
};exportOnlyLocalsType: Boolean
Default: false
Export only locals.
Useful when you use css modules for pre-rendering (for example SSR).
For pre-rendering with mini-css-extract-plugin you should use this option instead of style-loader!css-loader in the pre-rendering bundle.
It doesn't embed CSS but only exports the identifier mappings.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
exportOnlyLocals: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};importLoadersType: Number
Default: 0
Allows to enables/disables or setups number of loaders applied before CSS loader for @import at-rules, CSS modules and ICSS imports, i.e. @import/composes/@value value from './values.css'/etc.
The option importLoaders allows you to configure how many loaders before css-loader should be applied to @imported resources and CSS modules/ICSS imports.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 2,
// 0 => no loaders (default);
// 1 => postcss-loader;
// 2 => postcss-loader, sass-loader
},
},
"postcss-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
};This may change in the future when the module system (i. e. webpack) supports loader matching by origin.
sourceMapType: Boolean
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool value
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool option. All values enable source map generation except eval and false value.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
};esModuleType: Boolean
Default: true
By default, css-loader generates JS modules that use the ES modules syntax.
There are some cases in which using ES modules is beneficial, like in the case of module concatenation and tree shaking.
You can enable a CommonJS modules syntax using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};For production builds it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle being able to use parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
This can be achieved by using the mini-css-extract-plugin, because it creates separate css files.
For development mode (including webpack-dev-server) you can use style-loader, because it injects CSS into the DOM using multiple and works faster.
i Do not use together
style-loaderandmini-css-extract-plugin.
webpack.config.js
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
const devMode = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/,
use: [
devMode ? "style-loader" : MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
"css-loader",
"postcss-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [].concat(devMode ? [] : [new MiniCssExtractPlugin()]),
};/* webpackIgnore: true */ commentWith the help of the /* webpackIgnore: true */comment, it is possible to disable sources handling for rules and for individual declarations.
/* webpackIgnore: true */
@import url(./basic.css);
@import /* webpackIgnore: true */ url(./imported.css);
.class {
/* Disabled url handling for the all urls in the 'background' declaration */
color: red;
/* webpackIgnore: true */
background: url("./url/img.png"), url("./url/img.png");
}
.class {
/* Disabled url handling for the first url in the 'background' declaration */
color: red;
background:
/* webpackIgnore: true */ url("./url/img.png"), url("./url/img.png");
}
.class {
/* Disabled url handling for the second url in the 'background' declaration */
color: red;
background: url("./url/img.png"),
/* webpackIgnore: true */ url("./url/img.png");
}
/* prettier-ignore */
.class {
/* Disabled url handling for the second url in the 'background' declaration */
color: red;
background: url("./url/img.png"),
/* webpackIgnore: true */
url("./url/img.png");
}
/* prettier-ignore */
.class {
/* Disabled url handling for third and sixth urls in the 'background-image' declaration */
background-image: image-set(
url(./url/img.png) 2x,
url(./url/img.png) 3x,
/* webpackIgnore: true */ url(./url/img.png) 4x,
url(./url/img.png) 5x,
url(./url/img.png) 6x,
/* webpackIgnore: true */
url(./url/img.png) 7x
);
}The following webpack.config.js can load CSS files, embed small PNG/JPG/GIF/SVG images as well as fonts as Data URLs and copy larger files to the output directory.
For webpack v5:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|eot|ttf|woff|woff2)$/i,
// More information here https://webpack.js.org/guides/asset-modules/
type: "asset",
},
],
},
};For production builds it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle being able to use parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
This can be achieved by using the mini-css-extract-plugin to extract the CSS when running in production mode.
As an alternative, if seeking better development performance and css outputs that mimic production. extract-css-chunks-webpack-plugin offers a hot module reload friendly, extended version of mini-css-extract-plugin. HMR real CSS files in dev, works like mini-css in non-dev
When you have pure CSS (without CSS modules), CSS modules and PostCSS in your project you can use this setup:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
// For pure CSS - /\.css$/i,
// For Sass/SCSS - /\.((c|sa|sc)ss)$/i,
// For Less - /\.((c|le)ss)$/i,
test: /\.((c|sa|sc)ss)$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
// Run `postcss-loader` on each CSS `@import` and CSS modules/ICSS imports, do not forget that `sass-loader` compile non CSS `@import`'s into a single file
// If you need run `sass-loader` and `postcss-loader` on each CSS `@import` please set it to `2`
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { plugins: () => [postcssPresetEnv({ stage: 0 })] },
},
// Can be `less-loader`
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// For webpack v5
{
test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif|svg|eot|ttf|woff|woff2)$/i,
// More information here https://webpack.js.org/guides/asset-modules/
type: "asset",
},
],
},
};index.css
.class {
background: url(/assets/unresolved/img.png);
}webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
resolve: {
alias: {
"/assets/unresolved/img.png": path.resolve(
__dirname,
"assets/real-path-to-img/img.png"
),
},
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
namedExport: true,
exportLocalsConvention: function (name) {
return name.replace(/-/g, "_");
},
},
},
},
],
},
};Interoperable CSS-only and CSS Module featuresThe following setup is an example of allowing Interoperable CSS features only (such as :import and :export) without using further CSS Module functionality by setting mode option for all files that do not match *.module.scss naming convention. This is for reference as having ICSS features applied to all files was default css-loader behavior before v4.
Meanwhile all files matching *.module.scss are treated as CSS Modules in this example.
An example case is assumed where a project requires canvas drawing variables to be synchronized with CSS - canvas drawing uses the same color (set by color name in JavaScript) as HTML background (set by class name in CSS).
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
// ...
// --------
// SCSS ALL EXCEPT MODULES
{
test: /\.scss$/,
exclude: /\.module\.scss$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
modules: {
mode: "icss",
},
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// --------
// SCSS MODULES
{
test: /\.module\.scss$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
modules: {
mode: "local",
},
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
},
],
},
// --------
// ...
],
},
};variables.scss
File treated as ICSS-only.
$colorBackground: red;
:export {
colorBackgroundCanvas: $colorBackground;
}Component.module.scss
File treated as CSS Module.
@import "variables.scss";
.componentClass {
background-color: $colorBackground;
}Component.jsx
Using both CSS Module functionality as well as SCSS variables directly in JavaScript.
import svars from "variables.scss";
import styles from "Component.module.scss";
// Render DOM with CSS modules class name
// <div className={styles.componentClass}>
// <canvas ref={mountsCanvas}/>
// </div>
// Somewhere in JavaScript canvas drawing code use the variable directly
// const ctx = mountsCanvas.current.getContext('2d',{alpha: false});
ctx.fillStyle = `${svars.colorBackgroundCanvas}`;
Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Allow to setup exports module.exports/export for source files.
Useful when a source file does not contain exports or something does not export.
For further hints on compatibility issues, check out Shimming of the official docs.
⚠ By default loader generate ES module named syntax.
⚠ Be careful, existing exports (
export/module.exports/exports) in the original code and exporting new values can cause a failure.
To begin, you'll need to install exports-loader:
$ npm install exports-loader --save-dev
The | or %20 (space) allow to separate the syntax, name and alias of export.
The documentation and syntax examples can be read here.
⚠
%20is space in a query string, because you can't use spaces in URLs
Then add the loader to the desired import statement or require calls. For example:
import { myFunction } from "exports-loader?exports=myFunction!./file.js";
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// export { myFunction }
myFunction("Hello world");import {
myVariable,
myFunction,
} from "exports-loader?exports=myVariable,myFunction!./file.js";
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// export { myVariable, myFunction };
const newVariable = myVariable + "!!!";
console.log(newVariable);
myFunction("Hello world");const {
myFunction,
} = require("exports-loader?type=commonjs&exports=myFunction!./file.js");
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// module.exports = { myFunction }
myFunction("Hello world");// Alternative syntax:
// import myFunction from 'exports-loader?exports=default%20myFunction!./file.js';
import myFunction from "exports-loader?exports=default|myFunction!./file.js";
// `%20` is space in a query string, equivalently `default myFunction`
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// exports default myFunction;
myFunction("Hello world");const myFunction = require("exports-loader?type=commonjs&exports=single|myFunction!./file.js");
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `single|myFunction`
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// module.exports = myFunction;
myFunction("Hello world");import { myFunctionAlias } from "exports-loader?exports=named|myFunction|myFunctionAlias!./file.js";
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `named|myFunction|myFunctionAlias`
// Adds the following code to the file's source:
//
// ...
// Code
// ...
//
// exports { myFunction as myFunctionAlias };
myFunctionAlias("Hello world");Description of string values can be found in the documentation below.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
// You can use `regexp`
// test: /vendor\.js/$
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: "myFunction",
},
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
type | {String} | module | Format of generated exports |
exports | {String|Object|Array<String|Object>} | undefined | List of exports |
typeType: String
Default: module
Format of generated exports.
Possible values - commonjs (CommonJS module syntax) and module (ES module syntax).
commonjswebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: "Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = { Foo };modulewebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "module",
exports: "Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export { Foo };exportsType: String|Array
Default: undefined
List of exports.
StringAllows to use a string to describe an export.
SyntaxThe | or %20 (space) allow to separate the syntax, name and alias of export.
String syntax - [[syntax] [name] [alias]] or [[syntax]|[name]|[alias]], where:
[syntax] (may be omitted) -
type is module- can be default and named,type is commonjs- can be single and multiple[name] - name of an exported value (required)
[alias] - alias of an exported value (may be omitted)
Examples:
[Foo] - generates export { Foo };.[default Foo] - generates export default Foo;.[named Foo] - generates export { Foo };.[named Foo FooA] - generates export { Foo as FooA };.[single Foo] - generates module.exports = Foo;.[multiple Foo] - generates module.exports = { Foo };.[multiple Foo FooA] - generates module.exports = { 'FooA': Foo };.[named [name] [name]Alias] - generates ES module named exports and exports a value equal to the filename under other name., for single.js it will be single and singleAlias, generates export { single as singleAlias };.⚠ You need to set
type: "commonjs"to usesingleormultiplesyntaxes.
⚠ Aliases can't be used together with
defaultorsinglesyntaxes.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: "default Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export default Foo;webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: "named Foo FooA",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export { Foo as FooA };webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: "single Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = Foo;webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: "multiple Foo FooA",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = { FooA: Foo };ObjectAllows to use an object to describe an export.
Properties:
syntax - can be default or named for the module type (ES modules module format), and single or multiple for the commonjs type (CommonJS module format) (may be omitted)name - name of an exported value (required)alias - alias of an exported value (may be omitted)webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: {
syntax: "default",
name: "Foo",
},
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export default Foo;webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: {
syntax: "named",
name: "Foo",
alias: "FooA",
},
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export { Foo as FooA };webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: {
syntax: "single",
name: "Foo",
},
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = Foo;webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: {
syntax: "multiple",
name: "Foo",
alias: "FooA",
},
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = { FooA: Foo };ArrayAllow to specify multiple exports. Each item can be a string or an object.
⚠ Not possible to use
singleandmultiplesyntaxes together due to CommonJS format limitations.
⚠ Not possible to use multiple
defaultvalues due to ES module format limitations.
⚠ Not possible to use multiple
singlevalues due to CommonJS format limitations.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
exports: ["Foo", "multiple Bar", "multiple Baz BazA"],
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
module.exports = { Foo, Bar, BazA: Bar };webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: ["default Foo", "named Bar BarA"],
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export default Foo;
export { Bar as BarA };webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/vendor.js"),
loader: "exports-loader",
options: {
exports: [
{ syntax: "named", name: "Foo", alias: "FooA" },
{ syntax: "named", name: "Bar" },
"Baz",
],
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
// ...
// Code
// ...
export { Foo as FooA, Bar, Baz };Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
The expose-loader loader allows to expose a module (in whole or in part) to global object (self, window and global).
For further hints on compatibility issues, check out Shimming of the official docs.
To begin, you'll need to install expose-loader:
$ npm install expose-loader --save-dev
(If you're using WebPack 4, install expose-loader@1 and follow the corresponding instructions instead.)
Then you can use the expose-loader using two approaches.
The | or %20 (space) allow to separate the globalName, moduleLocalName and override of expose.
The documentation and syntax examples can be read here.
⚠
%20is space in a query string, because you can't use spaces in URLs
import $ from "expose-loader?exposes=$,jQuery!jquery";
//
// Adds the `jquery` to the global object under the names `$` and `jQuery`import { concat } from "expose-loader?exposes=_.concat!lodash/concat";
//
// Adds the `lodash/concat` to the global object under the name `_.concat`import {
map,
reduce,
} from "expose-loader?exposes=_.map|map,_.reduce|reduce!underscore";
//
// Adds the `map` and `reduce` method from `underscore` to the global object under the name `_.map` and `_.reduce`src/index.js
import $ from "jquery";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("jquery"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: ["$", "jQuery"],
},
},
{
test: require.resolve("underscore"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: [
"_.map|map",
{
globalName: "_.reduce",
moduleLocalName: "reduce",
},
{
globalName: ["_", "filter"],
moduleLocalName: "filter",
},
],
},
},
],
},
};The require.resolve call is a Node.js function (unrelated to require.resolve in webpack processing).
require.resolve gives you the absolute path to the module ("/.../app/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js").
So the expose only applies to the jquery module. And it's only exposed when used in the bundle.
And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
exposes | {String|Object|Array<String|Object>} | undefined | List of exposes |
exposesType: String|Object|Array<String|Object>
Default: undefined
List of exposes.
StringAllows to use a string to describe an expose.
SyntaxThe | or %20 (space) allow to separate the globalName, moduleLocalName and override of expose.
String syntax - [[globalName] [moduleLocalName] [override]] or [[globalName]|[moduleLocalName]|[override]], where:
globalName - the name in the global object, for example window.$ for a browser environment (required)moduleLocalName - the name of method/variable/etc of the module (the module must export it) (may be omitted)override - allows to override existing value in the global object (may be omitted)If moduleLocalName is not specified, it exposes the entire module to the global object, otherwise it exposes only the value of moduleLocalName.
src/index.js
import _ from "underscore";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("jquery"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
// For `underscore` library, it can be `_.map map` or `_.map|map`
exposes: "jquery",
},
},
],
},
};ObjectAllows to use an object to describe an expose.
globalNameType: String|Array<String>
Default: undefined
The name in the global object. (required).
src/index.js
import _ from "underscore";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("underscore"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: {
// Can be `['_', 'filter']`
globalName: "_.filter",
moduleLocalName: "filter",
},
},
},
],
},
};moduleLocalNameType: String
Default: undefined
The name of method/variable/etc of the module (the module must export it).
If moduleLocalName is specified, it exposes only the value of moduleLocalName.
src/index.js
import _ from "underscore";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("underscore"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: {
globalName: "_.filter",
moduleLocalName: "filter",
},
},
},
],
},
};overrideType: Boolean
Default: false
By default loader does not override the existing value in the global object, because it is unsafe.
In development mode, we throw an error if the value already present in the global object.
But you can configure loader to override the existing value in the global object using this option.
To force override the value that is already present in the global object you can set the override option to the true value.
src/index.js
import $ from "jquery";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("jquery"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: {
globalName: "$",
override: true,
},
},
},
],
},
};Arraysrc/index.js
import _ from "underscore";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("underscore"),
loader: "expose-loader",
options: {
exposes: [
"_.map map",
{
globalName: "_.filter",
moduleLocalName: "filter",
},
{
globalName: ["_", "find"],
moduleLocalName: "myNameForFind",
},
],
},
},
],
},
};It will expose only map, filter and find (under myNameForFind name) methods to the global object.
In a browser these methods will be available under windows._.map(..args), windows._.filter(...args) and windows._.myNameForFind(...args) methods.
Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Exports HTML as string. HTML is minimized when the compiler demands.
To begin, you'll need to install html-loader:
npm install --save-dev html-loader
Then add the plugin to your webpack config. For example:
file.js
import html from "./file.html";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
},
],
},
};| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
sources | {Boolean|Object} | true | Enables/Disables sources handling |
preprocessor | {Function} | undefined | Allows pre-processing of content before handling |
minimize | {Boolean|Object} | true in production mode, otherwise false | Tell html-loader to minimize HTML |
esModule | {Boolean} | true | Enable/disable ES modules syntax |
sourcesType: Boolean|Object
Default: true
By default every loadable attributes (for example - <img src="image.png"/>) is imported (const img = require('./image.png') or import img from "./image.png"").
You may need to specify loaders for images in your configuration (recommended asset modules).
Supported tags and attributes:
src attribute of the audio tagsrc attribute of the embed tagsrc attribute of the img tagsrcset attribute of the img tagsrc attribute of the input tagdata attribute of the object tagsrc attribute of the script taghref attribute of the script tagxlink:href attribute of the script tagsrc attribute of the source tagsrcset attribute of the source tagsrc attribute of the track tagposter attribute of the video tagsrc attribute of the video tagxlink:href attribute of the image taghref attribute of the image tagxlink:href attribute of the use taghref attribute of the use taghref attribute of the link tag when the rel attribute contains stylesheet, icon, shortcut icon, mask-icon, apple-touch-icon, apple-touch-icon-precomposed, apple-touch-startup-image, manifest, prefetch, preload or when the itemprop attribute is image, logo, screenshot, thumbnailurl, contenturl, downloadurl, duringmedia, embedurl, installurl, layoutimageimagesrcset attribute of the link tag when the rel attribute contains stylesheet, icon, shortcut icon, mask-icon, apple-touch-icon, apple-touch-icon-precomposed, apple-touch-startup-image, manifest, prefetch, preloadcontent attribute of the meta tag when the name attribute is msapplication-tileimage, msapplication-square70x70logo, msapplication-square150x150logo, msapplication-wide310x150logo, msapplication-square310x310logo, msapplication-config, twitter:image or when the property attribute is og:image, og:image:url, og:image:secure_url, og:audio, og:audio:secure_url, og:video, og:video:secure_url, vk:image or when the itemprop attribute is image, logo, screenshot, thumbnailurl, contenturl, downloadurl, duringmedia, embedurl, installurl, layoutimageicon-uri value component in content attribute of the meta tag when the name attribute is msapplication-taskBooleanThe true value enables processing of all default elements and attributes, the false disable processing of all attributes.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
// Disables attributes processing
sources: false,
},
},
],
},
};ObjectAllows you to specify which tags and attributes to process, filter them, filter urls and process sources starts with /.
For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
list: [
// All default supported tags and attributes
"...",
{
tag: "img",
attribute: "data-src",
type: "src",
},
{
tag: "img",
attribute: "data-srcset",
type: "srcset",
},
],
urlFilter: (attribute, value, resourcePath) => {
// The `attribute` argument contains a name of the HTML attribute.
// The `value` argument contains a value of the HTML attribute.
// The `resourcePath` argument contains a path to the loaded HTML file.
if (/example\.pdf$/.test(value)) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};listType: Array
Default: supported tags and attributes.
Allows to setup which tags and attributes to process and how, and the ability to filter some of them.
Using ... syntax allows you to extend default supported tags and attributes.
For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
list: [
// All default supported tags and attributes
"...",
{
tag: "img",
attribute: "data-src",
type: "src",
},
{
tag: "img",
attribute: "data-srcset",
type: "srcset",
},
{
// Tag name
tag: "link",
// Attribute name
attribute: "href",
// Type of processing, can be `src` or `scrset`
type: "src",
// Allow to filter some attributes
filter: (tag, attribute, attributes, resourcePath) => {
// The `tag` argument contains a name of the HTML tag.
// The `attribute` argument contains a name of the HTML attribute.
// The `attributes` argument contains all attributes of the tag.
// The `resourcePath` argument contains a path to the loaded HTML file.
if (/my-html\.html$/.test(resourcePath)) {
return false;
}
if (!/stylesheet/i.test(attributes.rel)) {
return false;
}
if (
attributes.type &&
attributes.type.trim().toLowerCase() !== "text/css"
) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
],
},
},
},
],
},
};If the tag name is not specified it will process all the tags.
You can use your custom filter to specify html elements to be processed.
For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
list: [
{
// Attribute name
attribute: "src",
// Type of processing, can be `src` or `scrset`
type: "src",
// Allow to filter some attributes (optional)
filter: (tag, attribute, attributes, resourcePath) => {
// The `tag` argument contains a name of the HTML tag.
// The `attribute` argument contains a name of the HTML attribute.
// The `attributes` argument contains all attributes of the tag.
// The `resourcePath` argument contains a path to the loaded HTML file.
// choose all HTML tags except img tag
return tag.toLowerCase() !== "img";
},
},
],
},
},
},
],
},
};Filter can also be used to extend the supported elements and attributes.
For example, filter can help process meta tags that reference assets:
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
list: [
{
tag: "meta",
attribute: "content",
type: "src",
filter: (tag, attribute, attributes, resourcePath) => {
if (
attributes.value === "og:image" ||
attributes.name === "twitter:image"
) {
return true;
}
return false;
},
},
],
},
},
},
],
},
};Note: source with a tag option takes precedence over source without.
Filter can be used to disable default sources.
For example:
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
list: [
"...",
{
tag: "img",
attribute: "src",
type: "src",
filter: () => false,
},
],
},
},
},
],
},
};urlFilterType: Function
Default: undefined
Allow to filter urls. All filtered urls will not be resolved (left in the code as they were written).
All non requestable sources (for example <img src="javascript:void(0)"/>) do not handle by default.
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
sources: {
urlFilter: (attribute, value, resourcePath) => {
// The `attribute` argument contains a name of the HTML attribute.
// The `value` argument contains a value of the HTML attribute.
// The `resourcePath` argument contains a path to the loaded HTML file.
if (/example\.pdf$/.test(value)) {
return false;
}
return true;
},
},
},
},
],
},
};preprocessorType: Function
Default: undefined
Allows pre-processing of content before handling.
⚠ You should always return valid HTML
file.hbs
<div>
<p>{{firstname}} {{lastname}}</p>
<img src="image.png" alt="alt" />
<div>
FunctionYou can set the preprocessor option as a Function instance.
webpack.config.js
const Handlebars = require("handlebars");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.hbs$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
preprocessor: (content, loaderContext) => {
let result;
try {
result = Handlebars.compile(content)({
firstname: "Value",
lastname: "OtherValue",
});
} catch (error) {
loaderContext.emitError(error);
return content;
}
return result;
},
},
},
],
},
};You can also set the preprocessor option as an asynchronous function instance.
For example:
webpack.config.js
const Handlebars = require("handlebars");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.hbs$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
preprocessor: async (content, loaderContext) => {
let result;
try {
result = await Handlebars.compile(content)({
firstname: "Value",
lastname: "OtherValue",
});
} catch (error) {
await loaderContext.emitError(error);
return content;
}
return result;
},
},
},
],
},
};minimizeType: Boolean|Object
Default: true in production mode, otherwise false
Tell html-loader to minimize HTML.
BooleanThe enabled rules for minimizing by default are the following ones:
({
caseSensitive: true,
collapseWhitespace: true,
conservativeCollapse: true,
keepClosingSlash: true,
minifyCSS: true,
minifyJS: true,
removeComments: true,
removeRedundantAttributes: true,
removeScriptTypeAttributes: true,
removeStyleLinkTypeAttributes: true,
});webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
minimize: true,
},
},
],
},
};Objectwebpack.config.js
See html-minifier-terser's documentation for more information on the available options.
The rules can be disabled using the following options in your webpack.conf.js
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
minimize: {
removeComments: false,
collapseWhitespace: false,
},
},
},
],
},
};esModuleType: Boolean
Default: true
By default, html-loader generates JS modules that use the ES modules syntax.
There are some cases in which using ES modules is beneficial, like in the case of module concatenation and tree shaking.
You can enable a CommonJS modules syntax using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};With `` comment, can to disable sources handling for next tag.
<img src="image.png" />
<img
srcset="image.png 480w, image.png 768w"
src="image.png"
alt="Elva dressed as a fairy"
/>
<meta itemprop="image" content="./image.png" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="./image.png" />With resolve.roots can specify a list of directories where requests of server-relative URLs (starting with '/') are resolved.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
context: __dirname,
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {},
},
{
test: /\.jpg$/,
type: "asset/resource",
},
],
},
resolve: {
roots: [path.resolve(__dirname, "fixtures")],
},
};file.html
<img src="/image.jpg" />// => image.jpg in __dirname/fixtures will be resolvedwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.jpg$/,
type: "asset/resource",
},
{
test: /\.png$/,
type: "asset/inline",
},
],
},
output: {
publicPath: "http://cdn.example.com/[fullhash]/",
},
};file.html
<img src="image.jpg" data-src="image2x.png" />index.js
require("html-loader!./file.html");
// => '<img src="http://cdn.example.com/49eba9f/a992ca.jpg" data-src="image2x.png"/>'require('html-loader?{"sources":{"list":[{"tag":"img","attribute":"data-src","type":"src"}]}}!./file.html');
// => '<img src="image.jpg" data-src="data:image/png;base64,..." />'require('html-loader?{"sources":{"list":[{"tag":"img","attribute":"src","type":"src"},{"tag":"img","attribute":"data-src","type":"src"}]}}!./file.html');
// => '<img src="http://cdn.example.com/49eba9f/a992ca.jpg" data-src="data:image/png;base64,..." />'script and link tagsscript.file.js
console.log(document);style.file.css
a {
color: red;
}file.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Title of the document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.file.css" />
</head>
<body>
Content of the document......
<script src="./script.file.js"></script>
</body>
</html>webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/,
type: "asset/resource",
generator: {
filename: "[name][ext]",
},
},
{
test: /\.html$/i,
use: ["extract-loader", "html-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.js$/i,
exclude: /\.file.js$/i,
loader: "babel-loader",
},
{
test: /\.file.js$/i,
type: "asset/resource",
},
{
test: /\.css$/i,
exclude: /\.file.css$/i,
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
test: /\.file.css$/i,
type: "asset/resource",
},
],
},
};You can use any template system. Below is an example for handlebars.
file.hbs
<div>
<p>{{firstname}} {{lastname}}</p>
<img src="image.png" alt="alt" />
<div>
webpack.config.js
const Handlebars = require("handlebars");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.hbs$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
preprocessor: (content, loaderContext) => {
let result;
try {
result = Handlebars.compile(content)({
firstname: "Value",
lastname: "OtherValue",
});
} catch (error) {
loaderContext.emitError(error);
return content;
}
return result;
},
},
},
],
},
};You can use PostHTML without any additional loaders.
file.html
<img src="image.jpg" />webpack.config.js
const posthtml = require("posthtml");
const posthtmlWebp = require("posthtml-webp");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.hbs$/i,
loader: "html-loader",
options: {
preprocessor: (content, loaderContext) => {
let result;
try {
result = posthtml().use(plugin).process(content, { sync: true });
} catch (error) {
loaderContext.emitError(error);
return content;
}
return result.html;
},
},
},
],
},
};A very common scenario is exporting the HTML into their own .html file, to serve them directly instead of injecting with javascript. This can be achieved with a combination of 2 loaders:
and asset modules
The html-loader will parse the URLs, require the images and everything you
expect. The extract loader will parse the javascript back into a proper html
file, ensuring images are required and point to proper path, and the asset modules
will write the .html file for you. Example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
output: {
assetModuleFilename: "[name][ext]",
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.html$/,
type: "asset/resource",
generator: {
filename: "[name][ext]",
},
},
{
test: /\.html$/i,
use: ["extract-loader", "html-loader"],
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
The imports loader allows you to use modules that depend on specific global variables.
This is useful for third-party modules that rely on global variables like $ or this being the window object.
The imports loader can add the necessary require('whatever') calls, so those modules work with webpack.
For further hints on compatibility issues, check out Shimming of the official docs.
⚠ By default loader generate ES module named syntax.
⚠ Be careful, existing imports (
import/require) in the original code and importing new values can cause failure.
To begin, you'll need to install imports-loader:
$ npm install imports-loader --save-dev
Given you have this file:
example.js
$("img").doSomeAwesomeJqueryPluginStuff();Then you can inject the jquery value into the module by configuring the imports-loader using two approaches.
The | or %20 (space) allow to separate the syntax, moduleName, name and alias of import.
The documentation and syntax examples can be read here.
⚠
%20is space in a query string, because you can't use spaces in URLs
// Alternative syntax:
//
// import myLib from 'imports-loader?imports=default%20jquery%20$!./example.js';
//
// `%20` is space in a query string, equivalently `default jquery $`
import myLib from "imports-loader?imports=default|jquery|$!./example.js";
// Adds the following code to the beginning of example.js:
//
// import $ from "jquery";
//
// ...
// Code
// ...import myLib from "imports-loader?imports=default|jquery|$,angular!./example.js";
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `default|jquery|$` and `angular`
// Adds the following code to the beginning of example.js:
//
// import $ from "jquery";
// import angular from "angular";
//
// ...
// Code
// ...import myLib from "imports-loader?imports=named|library|myMethod,angular!./example.js";
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `named|library|myMethod` and `angular`
// Adds the following code to the beginning of example.js:
//
// import { myMethod } from "library";
// import angular from "angular";
//
// ...
// Code
// ...const myLib = require(`imports-loader?type=commonjs&imports=single|jquery|$,angular!./example.js`);
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `single|jquery|$` and `angular`
// Adds the following code to the beginning of example.js:
//
// var $ = require("jquery");
// var angular = require("angular");
//
// ...
// Code
// ...const myLib = require(`imports-loader?type=commonjs&imports=single|myLib|myMethod&wrapper=window&!./example.js`);
// `|` is separator in a query string, equivalently `single|myLib|myMethod` and `angular`
// Adds the following code to the example.js:
//
// const myMethod = require('myLib');
//
// (function () {
// ...
// Code
// ...
// }.call(window));import myLib from "imports-loader?additionalCode=var%20myVariable%20=%20false;!./example.js";
// Adds the following code to the beginning of example.js:
//
// var myVariable = false;
//
// ...
// Code
// ...webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
// You can use `regexp`
// test: /example\.js/$
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: [
"default jquery $",
"default lib_2 lib_2_default",
"named lib_3 lib2_method_1",
"named lib_3 lib2_method_2 lib_2_method_2_short",
"namespace lib_4 my_namespace",
"side-effects lib_5",
{
syntax: "default",
moduleName: "angular",
name: "angular",
},
],
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
import lib_2_default from "lib_2";
import { lib2_method_1, lib2_method_2 as lib_2_method_2_short } from "lib_3";
import * as my_namespace from "lib_4";
import "lib_5";
import angular from "angular";And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
type | {String} | module | Format of generated imports |
imports | {String|Object|Array<String|Object>} | undefined | List of imports |
wrapper | {Boolean|String|Object} | undefined | Closes the module code in a function ((function () { ... }).call();) |
additionalCode | {String} | undefined | Adds custom code |
typeType: String
Default: module
Format of generated exports.
Possible values - commonjs (CommonJS module syntax) and module (ES module syntax).
commonjswebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
syntax: "default",
type: "commonjs",
imports: "Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
var Foo = require("Foo");
// ...
// Code
// ...modulewebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
type: "module",
imports: "Foo",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import Foo from "Foo";
// ...
// Code
// ...importsType: String|Object|Array<String|Object>
Default: undefined
List of imports.
StringAllows to use a string to describe an export.
SyntaxThe | or %20 (space) allow to separate the syntax, moduleName, name and alias of import.
String syntax - [[syntax] [moduleName] [name] [alias]] or [[syntax]|[moduleName]|[name]|[alias]], where:
[syntax] (may be omitted):
type is module- can be default, named, namespace or side-effects, the default value is default.type is commonjs- can be single, multiple or pure, the default value is single.[moduleName] - name of an imported module (required)
[name] - name of an imported value (required)
[alias] - alias of an imported value (may be omitted)
Examples:
If type module:
[Foo] - generates import Foo from "Foo";.[default Foo] - generates import Foo from "Foo";.[default ./my-lib Foo] - generates import Foo from "./my-lib";.[named Foo FooA] - generates import { FooA } from "Foo";.[named Foo FooA Bar] - generates import { FooA as Bar } from "Foo";.[namespace Foo FooA] - generates import * as FooA from "Foo";.[side-effects Foo] - generates import "Foo";.If type commonjs:
[Foo] - generates const Foo = require("Foo");.[single Foo] - generates const Foo = require("Foo");.[single ./my-lib Foo] - generates const Foo = require("./my-lib");.[multiple Foo FooA Bar] - generates const { FooA: Bar } = require("Foo");.[pure Foo] - generates require("Foo");.⚠ You need to set
type: "commonjs"to usesingle,multipleandpuresyntaxes.
⚠ Aliases can't be used together with
default,namespace,side-effects,singleandpuresyntaxes.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/example.js"),
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: "default lib myName",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import myName from "lib";
// ...
// Code
// ...webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("./path/to/example.js"),
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
type: "commonjs",
imports: "single lib myName",
},
},
],
},
};Generate output:
var myName = require("lib");
// ...
// Code
// ...ObjectAllows to use an object to describe an import.
Properties:
syntax:
type is module- can be default, named, namespace or side-effectstype is commonjs- can be single, multiple or puremoduleName - name of an imported module (required)
name - name of an imported value (required)
alias - alias of an imported value (may be omitted)
⚠ Alias can't be used together with
default,namespace,side-effects,singleandpuresyntaxes.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
syntax: "named",
moduleName: "lib_2",
name: "lib2_method_2",
alias: "lib_2_method_2_alias",
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import { lib2_method_2 as lib_2_method_2_alias } from "lib_2";
// ...
// Code
// ...ArrayAllow to specify multiple imports.
Each item can be a string or an object.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: [
{
moduleName: "angular",
},
{
syntax: "default",
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
"default lib_2 lib_2_default",
"named lib_2 lib2_method_1",
"named lib_2 lib2_method_2 lib_2_method_2_alias",
"namespace lib_3 lib_3_all",
"side-effects lib_4",
],
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import angular from "angular";
import $ from "jquery";
import lib_2_default from "lib_2";
import { lib2_method_1, lib2_method_2 as lib_2_method_2_alias } from "lib_2";
import * as lib_3_all from "lib_3";
import "lib_4";
// ...
// Code
// ...wrapperType: Boolean|String|Object
Default: undefined
Closes the module code in a function with a given thisArg and args ((function () { ... }).call();).
⚠ Do not use this option if source code contains ES module import(s)
Booleanwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
wrapper: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
(function () {
// ...
// Code
// ...
}.call());Stringwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
wrapper: "window",
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
(function () {
// ...
// Code
// ...
}.call(window));Objectwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
wrapper: {
thisArg: "window",
args: ["myVariable", "myOtherVariable"],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
(function (myVariable, myOtherVariable) {
// ...
// Code
// ...
}.call(window, myVariable, myOtherVariable));Object with different parameter nameswebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
wrapper: {
thisArg: "window",
args: {
myVariable: "var1",
myOtherVariable: "var2",
},
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
(function (var1, var2) {
// ...
// Code
// ...
}.call(window, myVariable, myOtherVariable));additionalCodeType: String
Default: undefined
Adds custom code as a preamble before the module's code.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
additionalCode: "var myVariable = false;",
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
var myVariable = false;
// ...
// Code
// ...webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("example.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "imports-loader",
options: {
imports: {
moduleName: "jquery",
name: "$",
},
additionalCode:
"var define = false; /* Disable AMD for misbehaving libraries */",
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Generate output:
import $ from "jquery";
var define = false; /* Disable AMD for misbehaving libraries */
// ...
// Code
// ...Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
A Less loader for webpack. Compiles Less to CSS.
To begin, you'll need to install less and less-loader:
$ npm install less less-loader --save-dev
Then add the loader to your webpack config. For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
loader: [
// compiles Less to CSS
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
"less-loader",
],
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
lessOptions | {Object|Function} | { relativeUrls: true } | Options for Less. |
additionalData | {String|Function} | undefined | Prepends/Appends Less code to the actual entry file. |
sourceMap | {Boolean} | compiler.devtool | Enables/Disables generation of source maps. |
webpackImporter | {Boolean} | true | Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer. |
implementation | {Object|String} | less | Setup Less implementation to use. |
lessOptionsType: Object|Function
Default: { relativeUrls: true }
You can pass any Less specific options to the less-loader through the lessOptions property in the loader options. See the Less documentation for all available options in dash-case. Since we're passing these options to Less programmatically, you need to pass them in camelCase here:
ObjectUse an object to pass options through to Less.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
lessOptions: {
strictMath: true,
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};FunctionAllows setting the options passed through to Less based off of the loader context.
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
lessOptions: (loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.less") {
return {
paths: ["absolute/path/c", "absolute/path/d"],
};
}
return {
paths: ["absolute/path/a", "absolute/path/b"],
};
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};additionalDataType: String|Function
Default: undefined
Prepends Less code before the actual entry file.
In this case, the less-loader will not override the source but just prepend the entry's content.
This is especially useful when some of your Less variables depend on the environment:
ℹ Since you're injecting code, this will break the source mappings in your entry file. Often there's a simpler solution than this, like multiple Less entry files.
Stringmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
additionalData: `@env: ${process.env.NODE_ENV};`,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Functionmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
additionalData: (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.less") {
return "@value: 100px;" + content;
}
return "@value: 200px;" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
additionalData: async (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.less") {
return "@value: 100px;" + content;
}
return "@value: 200px;" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};sourceMapType: Boolean
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool value
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool option. All values enable source map generation except eval and false value.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpackImporterType: Boolean
Default: true
Enables/Disables the default webpack importer.
This can improve performance in some cases. Use it with caution because aliases and @import at-rules starting with ~ will not work.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
webpackImporter: false,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};implementationType: Object | String
⚠ less-loader compatible with Less 3 and 4 versions
The special implementation option determines which implementation of Less to use. Overrides the locally installed peerDependency version of less.
This option is only really useful for downstream tooling authors to ease the Less 3-to-4 transition.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
implementation: require("less"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
implementation: require.resolve("less"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Chain the less-loader with the css-loader and the style-loader to immediately apply all styles to the DOM.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader", // creates style nodes from JS strings
},
{
loader: "css-loader", // translates CSS into CommonJS
},
{
loader: "less-loader", // compiles Less to CSS
},
],
},
],
},
};Unfortunately, Less doesn't map all options 1-by-1 to camelCase. When in doubt, check their executable and search for the dash-case option.
To enable sourcemaps for CSS, you'll need to pass the sourceMap property in the loader's options. If this is not passed, the loader will respect the setting for webpack source maps, set in devtool.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map", // any "source-map"-like devtool is possible
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};If you want to edit the original Less files inside Chrome, there's a good blog post. The blog post is about Sass but it also works for Less.
Usually, it's recommended to extract the style sheets into a dedicated file in production using the MiniCssExtractPlugin. This way your styles are not dependent on JavaScript.
First we try to use built-in less resolve logic, then webpack resolve logic (aliases and ~).
webpack provides an advanced mechanism to resolve files.
less-loader applies a Less plugin that passes all queries to the webpack resolver if less could not resolve @import.
Thus you can import your Less modules from node_modules.
@import "bootstrap/less/bootstrap";Using ~ is deprecated and can be removed from your code (we recommend it), but we still support it for historical reasons.
Why you can removed it? The loader will first try to resolve @import as relative, if it cannot be resolved, the loader will try to resolve @import inside node_modules.
Just prepend them with a ~ which tells webpack to look up the modules.
@import "~bootstrap/less/bootstrap";Default resolver options can be modified by resolve.byDependency:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map", // any "source-map"-like devtool is possible
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "less-loader"],
},
],
},
resolve: {
byDependency: {
// More options can be found here https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/
less: {
mainFiles: ["custom"],
},
},
},
};It's important to only prepend it with ~, because ~/ resolves to the home-directory. webpack needs to distinguish between bootstrap and ~bootstrap, because CSS and Less files have no special syntax for importing relative files. Writing @import "file" is the same as @import "./file";
If you specify the paths option, modules will be searched in the given paths. This is less default behavior. paths should be an array with absolute paths:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.less$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "less-loader",
options: {
lessOptions: {
paths: [path.resolve(__dirname, "node_modules")],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};In order to use plugins, simply set the plugins option like this:
webpack.config.js
const CleanCSSPlugin = require('less-plugin-clean-css');
module.exports = {
...
{
loader: 'less-loader',
options: {
lessOptions: {
plugins: [
new CleanCSSPlugin({ advanced: true }),
],
},
},
},
...
};ℹ️ Access to the loader context inside the custom plugin can be done using the
pluginManager.webpackLoaderContextproperty.
module.exports = {
install: function (less, pluginManager, functions) {
functions.add("pi", function () {
// Loader context is available in `pluginManager.webpackLoaderContext`
return Math.PI;
});
},
};Bundling CSS with webpack has some nice advantages like referencing images and fonts with hashed urls or hot module replacement in development. In production, on the other hand, it's not a good idea to apply your style sheets depending on JS execution. Rendering may be delayed or even a FOUC might be visible. Thus it's often still better to have them as separate files in your final production build.
There are two possibilities to extract a style sheet from the bundle:
extract-loader (simpler, but specialized on the css-loader's output)There is a known problem with Less and CSS modules regarding relative file paths in url(...) statements. See this issue for an explanation.
Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
A Node.js add-ons loader.
Allows to connect native node modules with .node extension.
⚠
node-loaderonly works on thenode/async-node/electron-main/electron-renderer/electron-preloadtargets.
To begin, you'll need to install node-loader:
$ npm install node-loader --save-dev
Setup the target option to node/async-node/electron-main/electron-renderer/electron-preload value and do not mock the __dirname global variable.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
target: "node",
node: {
__dirname: false,
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.node$/,
loader: "node-loader",
},
],
},
};index.js
import node from "node-loader!./file.node";And run webpack via your preferred method.
index.js
import node from "file.node";Then add the loader to your webpack config. For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
target: "node",
node: {
__dirname: false,
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.node$/,
loader: "node-loader",
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
flags | {Number} | undefined | Enables/Disables url/image-set functions handling |
name | {String|Function} | '[contenthash].[ext]' | Specifies a custom filename template for the target file(s). |
flagsType: Number
Default: undefined
The flags argument is an integer that allows to specify dlopen behavior.
See the process.dlopen documentation for details.
index.js
import node from "file.node";webpack.config.js
const os = require("os");
module.exports = {
target: "node",
node: {
__dirname: false,
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.node$/,
loader: "node-loader",
options: {
flags: os.constants.dlopen.RTLD_NOW,
},
},
],
},
};nameType: String|Function
Default: '[contenthash].[ext]'
Specifies a custom filename template for the target file(s).
Stringwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
target: "node",
node: {
__dirname: false,
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.node$/,
loader: "node-loader",
options: {
name: "[path][name].[ext]",
},
},
],
},
};Functionwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
target: "node",
node: {
__dirname: false,
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.node$/,
loader: "node-loader",
options: {
name(resourcePath, resourceQuery) {
// `resourcePath` - `/absolute/path/to/file.js`
// `resourceQuery` - `?foo=bar`
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
return "[path][name].[ext]";
}
return "[contenthash].[ext]";
},
},
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Loader to process CSS with PostCSS.
You need webpack v5 to use the latest version. For Webpack v4, you have to install postcss-loader v4.
To begin, you'll need to install postcss-loader and postcss:
npm install --save-dev postcss-loader postcss
Then add the plugin to your webpack config. For example:
file.js
import css from "file.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Alternative use with config files:
postcss.config.js
module.exports = {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
};The loader automatically searches for configuration files.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "postcss-loader"],
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
execute | {Boolean} | undefined | Enable PostCSS Parser support in CSS-in-JS |
postcssOptions | {Object|Function} | defaults values for Postcss.process | Set PostCSS options and plugins |
sourceMap | {Boolean} | compiler.devtool | Enables/Disables generation of source maps |
implementation | {Function|String} | postcss | Setup PostCSS implementation to use |
executeType: Boolean
Default: undefined
If you use JS styles the postcss-js parser, add the execute option.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.style.js$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "postcss-js",
},
execute: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};postcssOptionsType: Object|Function
Default: undefined
Allows to set PostCSS options and plugins.
All PostCSS options are supported.
There is the special config option for config files. How it works and how it can be configured is described below.
We recommend do not specify from, to and map options, because this can lead to wrong path in source maps.
If you need source maps please use the sourcemap option.
ObjectSetup plugins:
webpack.config.js (recommended)
const myOtherPostcssPlugin = require("postcss-my-plugin");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
"postcss-import",
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
require.resolve("my-postcss-plugin"),
myOtherPostcssPlugin({ myOption: true }),
// Deprecated and will be removed in the next major release
{ "postcss-nested": { preserveEmpty: true } },
],
},
},
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js (deprecated, will be removed in the next major release)
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: {
"postcss-import": {},
"postcss-short": { prefix: "x" },
},
},
},
},
],
},
};Setup syntax:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `String`
syntax: "sugarss",
// Can be `Object`
syntax: require("sugarss"),
},
},
},
],
},
};Setup parser:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `String`
parser: "sugarss",
// Can be `Object`
parser: require("sugarss"),
// Can be `Function`
parser: require("sugarss").parse,
},
},
},
],
},
};Setup stringifier:
webpack.config.js
const Midas = require("midas");
const midas = new Midas();
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
// Can be `String`
stringifier: "sugarss",
// Can be `Object`
stringifier: require("sugarss"),
// Can be `Function`
stringifier: midas.stringifier,
},
},
},
],
},
};Functionwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(css|sss)$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: (loaderContext) => {
if (/\.sss$/.test(loaderContext.resourcePath)) {
return {
parser: "sugarss",
plugins: [
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
}
return {
plugins: [
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
},
},
},
],
},
};configType: Boolean|String
Default: undefined
Allows to set options using config files. Options specified in the config file are combined with options passed to the loader, the loader options overwrite options from config.
The loader will search up the directory tree for configuration in the following places:
postcss property in package.json.postcssrc file in JSON or YAML format.postcssrc.json, .postcssrc.yaml, .postcssrc.yml, .postcssrc.js, or .postcssrc.cjs filepostcss.config.js or postcss.config.cjs CommonJS module exporting an object (recommended)Using Object notation:
postcss.config.js (recommend)
module.exports = {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
// parser: 'sugarss',
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};Using Function notation:
postcss.config.js (recommend)
module.exports = (api) => {
// `api.file` - path to the file
// `api.mode` - `mode` value of webpack, please read https://webpack.js.org/configuration/mode/
// `api.webpackLoaderContext` - loader context for complex use cases
// `api.env` - alias `api.mode` for compatibility with `postcss-cli`
// `api.options` - the `postcssOptions` options
if (/\.sss$/.test(api.file)) {
return {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
parser: "sugarss",
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
}
return {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
plugins: [
// Plugins for PostCSS
["postcss-short", { prefix: "x" }],
"postcss-preset-env",
],
};
};postcss.config.js (deprecated, will be removed in the next major release)
module.exports = {
// You can specify any options from https://postcss.org/api/#processoptions here
// parser: 'sugarss',
plugins: {
// Plugins for PostCSS
"postcss-short": { prefix: "x" },
"postcss-preset-env": {},
},
};You can use different postcss.config.js files in different directories.
Config lookup starts from path.dirname(file) and walks the file tree upwards until a config file is found.
|– components
| |– component
| | |– index.js
| | |– index.png
| | |– style.css (1)
| | |– postcss.config.js (1)
| |– component
| | |– index.js
| | |– image.png
| | |– style.css (2)
|
|– postcss.config.js (1 && 2 (recommended))
|– webpack.config.js
|
|– package.json
After setting up your postcss.config.js, add postcss-loader to your webpack.config.js.
You can use it standalone or in conjunction with css-loader (recommended).
Use it before css-loader and style-loader, but after other preprocessor loaders like e.g sass|less|stylus-loader, if you use any (since webpack loaders evaluate right to left/bottom to top).
webpack.config.js (recommended)
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Enables/Disables autoloading config.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: false,
},
},
},
],
},
};Allows to specify the path to the config file.
webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: path.resolve(__dirname, "custom.config.js"),
},
},
},
],
},
};sourceMapType: Boolean
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool value
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool option.
All values enable source map generation except eval and false value.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
{ loader: "postcss-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
{ loader: "sass-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
],
},
],
},
};Alternative setup:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map",
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{ loader: "postcss-loader" },
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};implementationType: Function | String
Default: postcss
The special implementation option determines which implementation of PostCSS to use. Overrides the locally installed peerDependency version of postcss.
This option is only really useful for downstream tooling authors to ease the PostCSS 7-to-8 transition.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { implementation: require("postcss") },
},
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader" },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: { implementation: require.resolve("postcss") },
},
{ loader: "sass-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};You'll need to install sugarss:
npm install --save-dev sugarss
Using SugarSS syntax.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.sss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "sugarss",
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};You'll need to install autoprefixer:
npm install --save-dev autoprefixer
Add vendor prefixes to CSS rules using autoprefixer.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"autoprefixer",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};⚠️
postcss-preset-envincludesautoprefixer, so adding it separately is not necessary if you already use the preset. More information
You'll need to install postcss-preset-env:
npm install --save-dev postcss-preset-env
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: { importLoaders: 1 },
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [
[
"postcss-preset-env",
{
// Options
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};What is CSS Modules? Please read.
No additional options required on the postcss-loader side.
To make them work properly, either add the css-loader’s importLoaders option.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: true,
importLoaders: 1,
},
},
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
};postcss-jsYou'll need to install postcss-js:
npm install --save-dev postcss-js
If you want to process styles written in JavaScript, use the postcss-js parser.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.style.js$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
importLoaders: 2,
},
},
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
parser: "postcss-js",
},
execute: true,
},
},
"babel-loader",
],
},
],
},
};As result you will be able to write styles in the following way
import colors from "./styles/colors";
export default {
".menu": {
color: colors.main,
height: 25,
"&_link": {
color: "white",
},
},
};⚠️ If you are using Babel you need to do the following in order for the setup to work
- Add
babel-plugin-add-module-exportsto your configuration.- You need to have only one default export per style module.
Using mini-css-extract-plugin.
webpack.config.js
const isProductionMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
module.exports = {
mode: isProductionMode ? "production" : "development",
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
isProductionMode ? MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader : "style-loader",
"css-loader",
"postcss-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
filename: isProductionMode ? "[name].[contenthash].css" : "[name].css",
}),
],
};To write a asset from PostCSS plugin to the webpack, need to add a message in result.messages.
The message should contain the following fields:
type = asset - Message type (require, should be equal asset)file - file name (require)content - file content (require)sourceMap - sourceMapinfo - asset infowebpack.config.js
const customPlugin = () => (css, result) => {
result.messages.push({
type: "asset",
file: "sprite.svg",
content: "<svg>...</svg>",
});
};
const postcssPlugin = postcss.plugin("postcss-assets", customPlugin);
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [postcssPlugin()],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};The dependencies are necessary for webpack to understand when it needs to run recompilation on the changed files.
There are two way to add dependencies:
result.messages.The message should contain the following fields:
type = dependency - Message type (require, should be equal dependency, context-dependency, build-dependency or missing-dependency)file - absolute file path (require)webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
const customPlugin = () => (css, result) => {
result.messages.push({
type: "dependency",
file: path.resolve(__dirname, "path", "to", "file"),
});
};
const postcssPlugin = postcss.plugin("postcss-assets", customPlugin);
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
plugins: [postcssPlugin()],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};loaderContext in plugin.webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "postcss-loader",
options: {
postcssOptions: {
config: path.resolve(__dirname, "path/to/postcss.config.js"),
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};postcss.config.js
module.exports = (api) => ({
plugins: [
require("path/to/customPlugin")({
loaderContext: api.webpackLoaderContext,
}),
],
});customPlugin.js
const path = require("path");
const customPlugin = (loaderContext) => (css, result) => {
loaderContext.webpack.addDependency(
path.resolve(__dirname, "path", "to", "file")
);
};
module.exports = postcss.plugin("postcss-assets", customPlugin);Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Load markdown through remark.
Simply add the loader to your configuration, and pass options.
import md from "markdown-file.md";
console.log(md);webpack.config.js
import RemarkHTML from "remark-html";
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "html-loader",
},
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [RemarkHTML],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Here's the full list of remark plugins.
We no longer support any react specific features.
Please see the wonderful MDX project if you're interested in mixing JSX with Markdown.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
remarkOptions | {Object} | {} | Remark options |
removeFrontMatter | {Boolean} | true | Remove removeFrontMatter |
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
plugins | Array<String|Array> | [] | Allows to connect remark plugins |
settings | {Object} | undefined | Remark settings |
data | {Object} | undefined | Information available to all plugins |
Type: Array<String|Array>
Default: []
Allows to connect remark plugins
webpack.config.js
import RemarkFrontmatter from "remark-frontmatter";
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [RemarkFrontmatter],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};If need to specify options for the plugin, can pass the plugin using an array, where the second argument will be options.
webpack.config.js
import RemarkFrontmatter from "remark-frontmatter";
import RemarkBookmarks from "remark-bookmarks";
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [
RemarkFrontmatter,
[
RemarkBookmarks,
{
bookmarks: {
npm: "https://npmjs.com/package/remark-bookmarks",
},
},
],
],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Type: Object
Default: undefined
Pass remark-stringify options and remark-parse options options to the remark.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
settings: {
bullet: "+",
listItemIndent: "1",
},
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Type: Object
Default: undefined
Configure the remark with information available to all plugins.
Information is stored in an in-memory key-value store.
webpack.config.js
function examplePluginUsingData() {
console.log(this.data);
// { alpha: 'bravo', charlie: 'delta' }
}
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [examplePluginUsingData],
data: {
alpha: "bravo",
charlie: "delta",
},
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Type: Boolean
Default: true
By default, the frontMatter is removed.
To override this behavior, set removeFrontMatter to false and add remark-frontmatter to plugins.
webpack.config.js
import RemarkFrontmatter from "remark-frontmatter";
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
removeFrontMatter: false,
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [RemarkFrontmatter],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};This project was inspired the following open source work:
To get html, need to add remark-html to the remark plugins and add html-loader to the webpack.config
import md from "markdown-file.md";
console.log(md);webpack.config.js
import RemarkHTML from "remark-html";
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "html-loader",
},
{
loader: "remark-loader",
options: {
remarkOptions: {
plugins: [RemarkHTML],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};index.js
import md from "markdown-file.md";
console.log(md);webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
// ...
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.md$/,
use: [
{
loader: "remark-loader",
},
],
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Loads a Sass/SCSS file and compiles it to CSS.
To begin, you'll need to install sass-loader:
npm install sass-loader sass webpack --save-dev
sass-loader requires you to install either Dart Sass or Node Sass on your own (more documentation can be found below).
This allows you to control the versions of all your dependencies, and to choose which Sass implementation to use.
ℹ️ We highly recommend using Dart Sass.
⚠ Node Sass does not work with Yarn PnP feature and doesn't support @use rule.
Chain the sass-loader with the css-loader and the style-loader to immediately apply all styles to the DOM or the mini-css-extract-plugin to extract it into a separate file.
Then add the loader to your Webpack configuration. For example:
app.js
import "./style.scss";style.scss
$body-color: red;
body {
color: $body-color;
}webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
// Creates `style` nodes from JS strings
"style-loader",
// Translates CSS into CommonJS
"css-loader",
// Compiles Sass to CSS
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Finally run webpack via your preferred method.
import at-rulesWebpack provides an advanced mechanism to resolve files.
The sass-loader uses Sass's custom importer feature to pass all queries to the Webpack resolving engine.
Thus you can import your Sass modules from node_modules.
@import "bootstrap";Using ~ is deprecated and can be removed from your code (we recommend it), but we still support it for historical reasons.
Why can you remove it? The loader will first try to resolve @import as a relative path. If it cannot be resolved, then the loader will try to resolve @import inside node_modules.
Prepending module paths with a ~ tells webpack to search through node_modules.
@import "~bootstrap";It's important to prepend it with only ~, because ~/ resolves to the home directory.
Webpack needs to distinguish between bootstrap and ~bootstrap because CSS and Sass files have no special syntax for importing relative files.
Writing @import "style.scss" is the same as @import "./style.scss";
url(...)Since Sass implementations don't provide url rewriting, all linked assets must be relative to the output.
css-loader, all urls must be relative to the entry-file (e.g. main.scss).css-loader, it must be relative to your web root.You will be disrupted by this first issue. It is natural to expect relative references to be resolved against the .sass/.scss file in which they are specified (like in regular .css files).
Thankfully there are a two solutions to this problem:
sass-loader in the loader chain.$icon-font-path.| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
implementation | {Object|String} | sass | Setup Sass implementation to use. |
sassOptions | {Object|Function} | defaults values for Sass implementation | Options for Sass. |
sourceMap | {Boolean} | compiler.devtool | Enables/Disables generation of source maps. |
additionalData | {String|Function} | undefined | Prepends/Appends Sass/SCSS code before the actual entry file. |
webpackImporter | {Boolean} | true | Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer. |
implementationType: Object | String
Default: sass
The special implementation option determines which implementation of Sass to use.
By default the loader resolve the implementation based on your dependencies.
Just add required implementation to package.json (sass or node-sass package) and install dependencies.
Example where the sass-loader loader uses the sass (dart-sass) implementation:
package.json
{
"devDependencies": {
"sass-loader": "^7.2.0",
"sass": "^1.22.10"
}
}Example where the sass-loader loader uses the node-sass implementation:
package.json
{
"devDependencies": {
"sass-loader": "^7.2.0",
"node-sass": "^5.0.0"
}
}Beware the situation when node-sass and sass were installed! By default the sass-loader prefers sass.
In order to avoid this situation you can use the implementation option.
The implementation options either accepts sass (Dart Sass) or node-sass as a module.
For example, to use Dart Sass, you'd pass:
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
// Prefer `dart-sass`
implementation: require("sass"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};For example, to use Dart Sass, you'd pass:
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
// Prefer `dart-sass`
implementation: require.resolve("sass"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Note that when using sass (Dart Sass), synchronous compilation is twice as fast as asynchronous compilation by default, due to the overhead of asynchronous callbacks.
To avoid this overhead, you can use the fibers package to call asynchronous importers from the synchronous code path.
We automatically inject the fibers package (setup sassOptions.fiber) for Node.js less v16.0.0 if is possible (i.e. you need install the fibers package).
Fibers is not compatible with
Node.jsv16.0.0 or later (see introduction to readme).
package.json
{
"devDependencies": {
"sass-loader": "^7.2.0",
"sass": "^1.22.10",
"fibers": "^4.0.1"
}
}You can disable automatically injecting the fibers package by passing a false value for the sassOptions.fiber option.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
implementation: require("sass"),
sassOptions: {
fiber: false,
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};You can also pass the fiber value using this code:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
implementation: require("sass"),
sassOptions: {
fiber: require("fibers"),
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};sassOptionsType: Object|Function
Default: defaults values for Sass implementation
Options for Dart Sass or Node Sass implementation.
ℹ️ The
indentedSyntaxoption hastruevalue for thesassextension.
ℹ️ Options such as
dataandfileare unavailable and will be ignored.
ℹ We recommend not to set the
outFile,sourceMapContents,sourceMapEmbed,sourceMapRootoptions becausesass-loaderautomatically sets these options when thesourceMapoption istrue.
ℹ️ Access to the loader context inside the custom importer can be done using the
this.webpackLoaderContextproperty.
There is a slight difference between the sass (dart-sass) and node-sass options.
Please consult documentation before using them:
sass options.node-sass options.ObjectUse and object for the Sass implementation setup.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
sassOptions: {
indentWidth: 4,
includePaths: ["absolute/path/a", "absolute/path/b"],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};FunctionAllows to setup the Sass implementation by setting different options based on the loader context.
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
sassOptions: (loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.scss") {
return {
includePaths: ["absolute/path/c", "absolute/path/d"],
};
}
return {
includePaths: ["absolute/path/a", "absolute/path/b"],
};
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};sourceMapType: Boolean
Default: depends on the compiler.devtool value
Enables/Disables generation of source maps.
By default generation of source maps depends on the devtool option.
All values enable source map generation except eval and false value.
ℹ If a
truethesourceMap,sourceMapRoot,sourceMapEmbed,sourceMapContentsandomitSourceMapUrlfromsassOptionswill be ignored.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};ℹ In some rare cases
node-sasscan output invalid source maps (it is anode-sassbug).
In order to avoid this, you can try to update
node-sassto latest version or you can try to set withinsassOptionstheoutputStyleoption tocompressed.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
sassOptions: {
outputStyle: "compressed",
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};additionalDataType: String|Function
Default: undefined
Prepends Sass/SCSS code before the actual entry file.
In this case, the sass-loader will not override the data option but just prepend the entry's content.
This is especially useful when some of your Sass variables depend on the environment:
Stringmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
additionalData: "$env: " + process.env.NODE_ENV + ";",
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Functionmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
additionalData: (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.scss") {
return "$value: 100px;" + content;
}
return "$value: 200px;" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
additionalData: async (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.scss") {
return "$value: 100px;" + content;
}
return "$value: 200px;" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpackImporterType: Boolean
Default: true
Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer.
This can improve performance in some cases. Use it with caution because aliases and @import at-rules starting with ~ will not work.
You can pass own importer to solve this (see importer docs).
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
webpackImporter: false,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};For production builds it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle being able to use parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
There are two possibilities to extract a style sheet from the bundle:
webpack.config.js
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
// fallback to style-loader in development
process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production"
? "style-loader"
: MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
"css-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
// Options similar to the same options in webpackOptions.output
// both options are optional
filename: "[name].css",
chunkFilename: "[id].css",
}),
],
};Enables/Disables generation of source maps.
To enable CSS source maps, you'll need to pass the sourceMap option to the sass-loader and the css-loader.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map", // any "source-map"-like devtool is possible
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.s[ac]ss$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "sass-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};If you want to edit the original Sass files inside Chrome, there's a good blog post. Checkout test/sourceMap for a running example.
Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Extracts source maps from existing source files (from their sourceMappingURL).
To begin, you'll need to install source-map-loader:
npm i -D source-map-loaderThen add the plugin to your webpack config. For example:
file.js
import css from "file.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
enforce: "pre",
use: ["source-map-loader"],
},
],
},
};The source-map-loader extracts existing source maps from all JavaScript entries.
This includes both inline source maps as well as those linked via URL.
All source map data is passed to webpack for processing as per a chosen source map style specified by the devtool option in webpack.config.js.
This loader is especially useful when using 3rd-party libraries having their own source maps.
If not extracted and processed into the source map of the webpack bundle, browsers may misinterpret source map data. source-map-loader allows webpack to maintain source map data continuity across libraries so ease of debugging is preserved.
The source-map-loader will extract from any JavaScript file, including those in the node_modules directory.
Be mindful in setting include and exclude rule conditions to maximize bundling performance.
And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
filterSourceMappingUrl | {Function} | undefined | Allows to control SourceMappingURL behaviour |
Type: Function
Default: undefined
Allows you to specify the behavior of the loader for SourceMappingURL comment.
The function must return one of the values:
true or 'consume' - consume the source map and remove SourceMappingURL comment (default behavior)false or 'remove' - do not consume the source map and remove SourceMappingURL commentskip - do not consume the source map and do not remove SourceMappingURL commentExample configuration:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
enforce: "pre",
use: [
{
loader: "source-map-loader",
options: {
filterSourceMappingUrl: (url, resourcePath) => {
if (/broker-source-map-url\.js$/i.test(url)) {
return false;
}
if (/keep-source-mapping-url\.js$/i.test(resourcePath)) {
return "skip";
}
return true;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};To ignore warnings, you can use the following configuration:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
enforce: "pre",
use: ["source-map-loader"],
},
],
},
ignoreWarnings: [/Failed to parse source map/],
};More information about the ignoreWarnings option can be found here
Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Inject CSS into the DOM.
To begin, you'll need to install style-loader:
npm install --save-dev style-loader
It's recommended to combine style-loader with the css-loader
Then add the loader to your webpack config. For example:
style.css
body {
background: green;
}component.js
import "./style.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
injectType | {String} | styleTag | Allows to setup how styles will be injected into the DOM |
attributes | {Object} | {} | Adds custom attributes to tag |
insert | {String|Function} | head | Inserts tag at the given position into the DOM |
styleTagTransform | {String|Function} | undefined | Transform tag and css when insert 'style' tag into the DOM |
base | {Number} | true | Sets module ID base (DLLPlugin) |
esModule | {Boolean} | true | Use ES modules syntax |
injectTypeType: String
Default: styleTag
Allows to setup how styles will be injected into the DOM.
Possible values:
styleTagsingletonStyleTagautoStyleTaglazyStyleTaglazySingletonStyleTaglazyAutoStyleTaglinkTagstyleTagAutomatically injects styles into the DOM using multiple <style></style>. It is default behaviour.
component.js
import "./styles.css";Example with Locals (CSS Modules):
component-with-css-modules.js
import styles from "./styles.css";
const divElement = document.createElement("div");
divElement.className = styles["my-class"];All locals (class names) stored in imported object.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
// The `injectType` option can be avoided because it is default behaviour
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { injectType: "styleTag" } },
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};The loader inject styles like:
<style>
.foo {
color: red;
}
</style>
<style>
.bar {
color: blue;
}
</style>singletonStyleTagAutomatically injects styles into the DOM using one <style></style>.
⚠ Source maps do not work.
component.js
import "./styles.css";component-with-css-modules.js
import styles from "./styles.css";
const divElement = document.createElement("div");
divElement.className = styles["my-class"];All locals (class names) stored in imported object.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: { injectType: "singletonStyleTag" },
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};The loader inject styles like:
<style>
.foo {
color: red;
}
.bar {
color: blue;
}
</style>autoStyleTagWorks the same as a styleTag, but if the code is executed in IE6-9, turns on the singletonStyleTag mode.
lazyStyleTagInjects styles into the DOM using multiple <style></style> on demand.
We recommend following .lazy.css naming convention for lazy styles and the .css for basic style-loader usage (similar to other file types, i.e. .lazy.less and .less).
When you lazyStyleTag value the style-loader injects the styles lazily making them useable on-demand via style.use() / style.unuse().
⚠️ Behavior is undefined when
unuseis called more often thanuse. Don't do that.
component.js
import styles from "./styles.lazy.css";
styles.use();
// For removing styles you can use
// styles.unuse();component-with-css-modules.js
import styles from "./styles.lazy.css";
styles.use();
const divElement = document.createElement("div");
divElement.className = styles.locals["my-class"];All locals (class names) stored in locals property of imported object.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
exclude: /\.lazy\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.lazy\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { injectType: "lazyStyleTag" } },
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};The loader inject styles like:
<style>
.foo {
color: red;
}
</style>
<style>
.bar {
color: blue;
}
</style>lazySingletonStyleTagInjects styles into the DOM using one <style></style> on demand.
We recommend following .lazy.css naming convention for lazy styles and the .css for basic style-loader usage (similar to other file types, i.e. .lazy.less and .less).
When you lazySingletonStyleTag value the style-loader injects the styles lazily making them useable on-demand via style.use() / style.unuse().
⚠️ Source maps do not work.
⚠️ Behavior is undefined when
unuseis called more often thanuse. Don't do that.
component.js
import styles from "./styles.css";
styles.use();
// For removing styles you can use
// styles.unuse();component-with-css-modules.js
import styles from "./styles.lazy.css";
styles.use();
const divElement = document.createElement("div");
divElement.className = styles.locals["my-class"];All locals (class names) stored in locals property of imported object.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
exclude: /\.lazy\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
{
test: /\.lazy\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: { injectType: "lazySingletonStyleTag" },
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};The loader generate this:
<style>
.foo {
color: red;
}
.bar {
color: blue;
}
</style>lazyAutoStyleTagWorks the same as a lazyStyleTag, but if the code is executed in IE6-9, turns on the lazySingletonStyleTag mode.
linkTagInjects styles into the DOM using multiple <link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/file.css"> .
ℹ️ The loader will dynamically insert the
<link href="path/to/file.css" rel="stylesheet">tag at runtime via JavaScript. You should use MiniCssExtractPlugin if you want to include a static<link href="path/to/file.css" rel="stylesheet">.
import "./styles.css";
import "./other-styles.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.link\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { injectType: "linkTag" } },
{ loader: "file-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};The loader generate this:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="path/to/other-styles.css" />attributesType: Object
Default: {}
If defined, the style-loader will attach given attributes with their values on <style> / <link> element.
component.js
import style from "./file.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { attributes: { id: "id" } } },
{ loader: "css-loader" },
],
},
],
},
};<style id="id"></style>insertType: String|Function
Default: head
By default, the style-loader appends <style>/<link> elements to the end of the style target, which is the <head> tag of the page unless specified by insert.
This will cause CSS created by the loader to take priority over CSS already present in the target.
You can use other values if the standard behavior is not suitable for you, but we do not recommend doing this.
If you target an iframe make sure you have sufficient access rights, the styles will be injected into the content document head.
StringSelectorAllows to setup custom query selector where styles inject into the DOM.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
insert: "body",
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Absolute path to functionAllows to setup absolute path to custom function that allows to override default behavior and insert styles at any position.
⚠ Do not forget that this code will be used in the browser and not all browsers support latest ECMA features like
let,const,arrow function expressionand etc. We recommend usingbabel-loaderfor support latest ECMA features. ⚠ Do not forget that some DOM methods may not be available in older browsers, we recommended use only DOM core level 2 properties, but it is depends what browsers you want to support
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
insert: require.resolve("modulePath"),
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};A new <style>/<link> elements will be inserted into at bottom of body tag.
FunctionAllows to override default behavior and insert styles at any position.
⚠ Do not forget that this code will be used in the browser and not all browsers support latest ECMA features like
let,const,arrow function expressionand etc, we recommend use only ECMA 5 features, but it is depends what browsers you want to support ⚠ Do not forget that some DOM methods may not be available in older browsers, we recommended use only DOM core level 2 properties, but it is depends what browsers you want to support
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
insert: function insertAtTop(element) {
var parent = document.querySelector("head");
// eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
var lastInsertedElement =
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader;
if (!lastInsertedElement) {
parent.insertBefore(element, parent.firstChild);
} else if (lastInsertedElement.nextSibling) {
parent.insertBefore(element, lastInsertedElement.nextSibling);
} else {
parent.appendChild(element);
}
// eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader = element;
},
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Insert styles at top of head tag.
styleTagTransformType: String | Function
Default: undefined
StringAllows to setup absolute path to custom function that allows to override default behavior styleTagTransform.
⚠ Do not forget that this code will be used in the browser and not all browsers support latest ECMA features like
let,const,arrow function expressionand etc, we recommend use only ECMA 5 features, but it is depends what browsers you want to support
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
injectType: "styleTag",
styleTagTransform: require.resolve("module-path"),
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};FunctionTransform tag and css when insert 'style' tag into the DOM.
⚠ Do not forget that this code will be used in the browser and not all browsers support latest ECMA features like
let,const,arrow function expressionand etc, we recommend use only ECMA 5 features, but it is depends what browsers you want to support ⚠ Do not forget that some DOM methods may not be available in older browsers, we recommended use only DOM core level 2 properties, but it is depends what browsers you want to support
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
injectType: "styleTag",
styleTagTransform: function (css, style) {
// Do something ...
style.innerHTML = `${css}.modify{}\n`;
document.head.appendChild(style);
},
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};baseThis setting is primarily used as a workaround for css clashes when using one or more DllPlugin's. base allows you to prevent either the app's css (or DllPlugin2's css) from overwriting DllPlugin1's css by specifying a css module id base which is greater than the range used by DllPlugin1 e.g.:
webpack.dll1.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};webpack.dll2.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { base: 1000 } },
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};webpack.app.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{ loader: "style-loader", options: { base: 2000 } },
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};esModuleType: Boolean
Default: true
By default, style-loader generates JS modules that use the ES modules syntax.
There are some cases in which using ES modules is beneficial, like in the case of module concatenation and tree shaking.
You can enable a CommonJS modules syntax using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};For production builds it's recommended to extract the CSS from your bundle being able to use parallel loading of CSS/JS resources later on.
This can be achieved by using the mini-css-extract-plugin, because it creates separate css files.
For development mode (including webpack-dev-server) you can use style-loader, because it injects CSS into the DOM using multiple <style></style> and works faster.
⚠ Do not use together
style-loaderandmini-css-extract-plugin.
webpack.config.js
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
const devMode = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(sa|sc|c)ss$/,
use: [
devMode ? "style-loader" : MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
"css-loader",
"postcss-loader",
"sass-loader",
],
},
],
},
plugins: [].concat(devMode ? [] : [new MiniCssExtractPlugin()]),
};⚠ Names of locals are converted to
camelCase.
⚠ It is not allowed to use JavaScript reserved words in css class names.
⚠ Options
esModuleandmodules.namedExportincss-loadershould be enabled.
styles.css
.foo-baz {
color: red;
}
.bar {
color: blue;
}index.js
import { fooBaz, bar } from "./styles.css";
console.log(fooBaz, bar);You can enable a ES module named export using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
modules: {
namedExport: true,
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};The loader automatically inject source maps when previous loader emit them.
Therefore, to generate source maps, set the sourceMap option to true for the previous loader.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{ loader: "css-loader", options: { sourceMap: true } },
],
},
],
},
};There are two ways to work with nonce:
attributes option__webpack_nonce__ variable⚠ the
attributesoption takes precedence over the__webpack_nonce__variable
attributescomponent.js
import "./style.css";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
attributes: {
nonce: "12345678",
},
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};The loader generate:
<style nonce="12345678">
.foo {
color: red;
}
</style>__webpack_nonce__create-nonce.js
__webpack_nonce__ = "12345678";component.js
import "./create-nonce.js";
import "./style.css";Alternative example for require:
component.js
__webpack_nonce__ = "12345678";
require("./style.css");webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: ["style-loader", "css-loader"],
},
],
},
};The loader generate:
<style nonce="12345678">
.foo {
color: red;
}
</style>Inserts styles at top of head tag.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
insert: function insertAtTop(element) {
var parent = document.querySelector("head");
var lastInsertedElement =
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader;
if (!lastInsertedElement) {
parent.insertBefore(element, parent.firstChild);
} else if (lastInsertedElement.nextSibling) {
parent.insertBefore(element, lastInsertedElement.nextSibling);
} else {
parent.appendChild(element);
}
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader = element;
},
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Inserts styles before #id element.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
options: {
insert: function insertBeforeAt(element) {
const parent = document.querySelector("head");
const target = document.querySelector("#id");
const lastInsertedElement =
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader;
if (!lastInsertedElement) {
parent.insertBefore(element, target);
} else if (lastInsertedElement.nextSibling) {
parent.insertBefore(element, lastInsertedElement.nextSibling);
} else {
parent.appendChild(element);
}
window._lastElementInsertedByStyleLoader = element;
},
},
},
"css-loader",
],
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
A Stylus loader for webpack. Compiles Styl to CSS.
To begin, you'll need to install stylus and stylus-loader:
$ npm install stylus stylus-loader --save-dev
Then add the loader to your webpack config. For example:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
loader: "stylus-loader", // compiles Styl to CSS
},
],
},
};And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
stylusOptions | {Object|Function} | {} | Options for Stylus. |
sourceMap | {Boolean} | compiler.devtool | Enables/Disables generation of source maps. |
webpackImporter | {Boolean} | true | Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer. |
additionalData | {String|Function} | undefined | Prepends/Appends Stylus code to the actual entry file. |
implementation | {String|Function} | stylus | Setup Stylus implementation to use. |
stylusOptionsType: Object|Function
Default: {}
You can pass any Stylus specific options to the stylus-loader through the stylusOptions property in the loader options.
See the Stylus documentation.
Options in dash-case should use camelCase.
ObjectUse an object to pass options through to Stylus.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
stylusOptions: {
/**
* Specify Stylus plugins to use. Plugins may be passed as
* strings instead of importing them in your Webpack config.
*
* @type {(string|Function)[]}
* @default []
*/
use: ["nib"],
/**
* Add path(s) to the import lookup paths.
*
* @type {string[]}
* @default []
*/
include: [path.join(__dirname, "src/styl/config")],
/**
* Import the specified Stylus files/paths.
*
* @type {string[]}
* @default []
*/
import: ["nib", path.join(__dirname, "src/styl/mixins")],
/**
* Define Stylus variables or functions.
*
* @type {Array|Object}
* @default {}
*/
// Array is the recommended syntax: [key, value, raw]
define: [
["$development", process.env.NODE_ENV === "development"],
["rawVar", 42, true],
],
// Object is deprecated syntax (there is no possibility to specify "raw')
// define: {
// $development: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
// rawVar: 42,
// },
/**
* Include regular CSS on @import.
*
* @type {boolean}
* @default false
*/
includeCSS: false,
/**
* Resolve relative url()'s inside imported files.
*
* @see https://stylus-lang.com/docs/js.html#stylusresolveroptions
*
* @type {boolean|Object}
* @default { nocheck: true }
*/
resolveURL: true,
// resolveURL: { nocheck: true },
/**
* Emits comments in the generated CSS indicating the corresponding Stylus line.
*
* @see https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable.html
*
* @type {boolean}
* @default false
*/
lineNumbers: true,
/**
* Move @import and @charset to the top.
*
* @see https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable.html
*
* @type {boolean}
* @default false
*/
hoistAtrules: true,
/**
* Compress CSS output.
* In the "production" mode is `true` by default
*
* @see https://stylus-lang.com/docs/executable.html
*
* @type {boolean}
* @default false
*/
compress: true,
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};FunctionAllows setting the options passed through to Stylus based off of the loader context.
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
stylusOptions: (loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.styl") {
return {
paths: ["absolute/path/c", "absolute/path/d"],
};
}
return {
paths: ["absolute/path/a", "absolute/path/b"],
};
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};sourceMapType: Boolean
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpackImporterType: Boolean
Default: true
Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer.
This can improve performance in some cases.
Use it with caution because aliases and @import at-rules starting with ~ will not work.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
webpackImporter: false,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};additionalDataType: String|Function
Default: undefined
Prepends Stylus code before the actual entry file.
In this case, the stylus-loader will not override the source but just prepend the entry's content.
This is especially useful when some of your Stylus variables depend on the environment:
ℹ Since you're injecting code, this will break the source mappings in your entry file. Often there's a simpler solution than this, like multiple Stylus entry files.
Stringmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
additionalData: `@env: ${process.env.NODE_ENV};`,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Functionmodule.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
additionalData: (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.styl") {
return "value = 100px" + content;
}
return "value 200px" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
additionalData: async (content, loaderContext) => {
// More information about available properties https://webpack.js.org/api/loaders/
const { resourcePath, rootContext } = loaderContext;
const relativePath = path.relative(rootContext, resourcePath);
if (relativePath === "styles/foo.styl") {
return "value = 100px" + content;
}
return "value 200px" + content;
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};implementationType: Function | String
The special implementation option determines which implementation of Stylus to use. Overrides the locally installed peerDependency version of stylus.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
implementation: require("stylus"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/i,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
implementation: require.resolve("stylus"),
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Chain the stylus-loader with the css-loader and the style-loader to immediately apply all styles to the DOM.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader", // creates style nodes from JS strings
},
{
loader: "css-loader", // translates CSS into CommonJS
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader", // compiles Stylus to CSS
},
],
},
],
},
};To enable sourcemaps for CSS, you'll need to pass the sourceMap property in the loader's options. If this is not passed, the loader will respect the setting for webpack source maps, set in devtool.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
devtool: "source-map", // any "source-map"-like devtool is possible
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
{
loader: "css-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
sourceMap: true,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader", // creates style nodes from JS strings
},
{
loader: "css-loader", // translates CSS into CommonJS
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader", // compiles Stylus to CSS
options: {
stylusOptions: {
use: [require("nib")()],
import: ["nib"],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Stylus does not provide resolving capabilities in the json function.
Therefore webpack resolver does not work for .json files.
Use stylus resolver.
index.styl
// Suppose the file is located here `node_modules/vars/vars.json`
json('vars.json')
@media queries-small
body
display nope
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl$/,
use: [
"style-loader",
"css-loader",
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
stylusOptions: {
// Specify the path. where to find files
paths: ["node_modules/vars"],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Usually, it's recommended to extract the style sheets into a dedicated file in production using the MiniCssExtractPlugin. This way your styles are not dependent on JavaScript.
Webpack provides an advanced mechanism to resolve files.
The stylus-loader applies the webpack resolver when processing queries.
Thus you can import your Stylus modules from node_modules.
@import 'bootstrap-styl/bootstrap/index.styl';
Using ~ is deprecated and can be removed from your code (we recommend it), but we still support it for historical reasons.
Why you can removed it? The loader will first try to resolve @import/@require as relative, if it cannot be resolved, the loader will try to resolve @import/@require inside node_modules.
Just prepend them with a ~ which tells webpack to look up the modules.
@import "~bootstrap-styl/bootstrap/index.styl";
It's important to only prepend it with ~, because ~/ resolves to the home-directory.
Webpack needs to distinguish between bootstrap and ~bootstrap, because CSS and Styl files have no special syntax for importing relative files.
Writing @import "file" is the same as @import "./file";
If you specify the paths option, modules will be searched in the given paths.
This is Stylus default behavior.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.styl/,
use: [
{
loader: "style-loader",
},
{
loader: "css-loader",
},
{
loader: "stylus-loader",
options: {
stylusOptions: {
paths: [path.resolve(__dirname, "node_modules")],
},
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Bundling CSS with webpack has some nice advantages like referencing images and fonts with hashed urls or hot module replacement in development. In production, on the other hand, it's not a good idea to apply your style sheets depending on JS execution. Rendering may be delayed or even a FOUC might be visible. Thus it's often still better to have them as separate files in your final production build.
There are two possibilities to extract a style sheet from the bundle:
extract-loader (simpler, but specialized on the css-loader's output)Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Runs the following loaders in a worker pool.
npm install --save-dev thread-loaderPut this loader in front of other loaders. The following loaders run in a worker pool.
Loaders running in a worker pool are limited. Examples:
Each worker is a separate node.js process, which has an overhead of ~600ms. There is also an overhead of inter-process communication.
Use this loader only for expensive operations!
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
include: path.resolve('src'),
use: [
'thread-loader',
// your expensive loader (e.g babel-loader)
],
},
],
},
};with options
use: [
{
loader: 'thread-loader',
// loaders with equal options will share worker pools
options: {
// the number of spawned workers, defaults to (number of cpus - 1) or
// fallback to 1 when require('os').cpus() is undefined
workers: 2,
// number of jobs a worker processes in parallel
// defaults to 20
workerParallelJobs: 50,
// additional node.js arguments
workerNodeArgs: ['--max-old-space-size=1024'],
// Allow to respawn a dead worker pool
// respawning slows down the entire compilation
// and should be set to false for development
poolRespawn: false,
// timeout for killing the worker processes when idle
// defaults to 500 (ms)
// can be set to Infinity for watching builds to keep workers alive
poolTimeout: 2000,
// number of jobs the poll distributes to the workers
// defaults to 200
// decrease of less efficient but more fair distribution
poolParallelJobs: 50,
// name of the pool
// can be used to create different pools with elsewise identical options
name: 'my-pool',
},
},
// your expensive loader (e.g babel-loader)
];prewarming
To prevent the high delay when booting workers it possible to warmup the worker pool.
This boots the max number of workers in the pool and loads specified modules into the node.js module cache.
const threadLoader = require('thread-loader');
threadLoader.warmup(
{
// pool options, like passed to loader options
// must match loader options to boot the correct pool
},
[
// modules to load
// can be any module, i. e.
'babel-loader',
'babel-preset-es2015',
'sass-loader',
]
);Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
A webpack loader which executes a given module, and returns the result of the execution at build-time, when the module is required in the bundle. In this way, the loader changes a module from code to a result.
Another way to view val-loader, is that it allows a user a way to make their
own custom loader logic, without having to write a custom loader.
The target module is called with two arguments: (options, loaderContext)
options: The loader options (for instance provided in the webpack config. See the example below).loaderContext: The loader context.To begin, you'll need to install val-loader:
$ npm install val-loader --save-dev
Then add the loader to your webpack config. For example:
target-file.js
module.exports = (options, loaderContext) => {
return { code: "module.exports = 42;" };
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /target-file.js$/,
use: [
{
loader: `val-loader`,
},
],
},
],
},
};src/entry.js
const answer = require("target-file");And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
executableFile | {String} | undefined | Allows to specify path to the executable file |
Type: String
Default: undefined
Allows to specify path to the executable file
data.json
{
"years": "10"
}executable-file.js
module.exports = function yearsInMs(options, loaderContext, content) {
const { years } = JSON.parse(content);
const value = years * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
return {
cacheable: true,
code: "module.exports = " + value,
};
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.(json)$/i,
rules: [
{
loader: "val-loader",
options: {
executableFile: path.resolve(
__dirname,
"fixtures",
"executableFile.js"
),
},
},
],
},
{
test: /\.json$/i,
type: "asset/resource",
},
],
},
};Targeted modules of this loader must export a Function that returns an object,
or a Promise resolving an object (e.g. async function), containing a code property at a minimum, but can
contain any number of additional properties.
codeType: String|Buffer
Default: undefined
Required
Code passed along to webpack or the next loader that will replace the module.
sourceMapType: Object
Default: undefined
A source map passed along to webpack or the next loader.
astType: Array[Object]
Default: undefined
An Abstract Syntax Tree that will be passed to the next loader. Useful to speed up the build time if the next loader uses the same AST.
dependenciesType: Array[String]
Default: []
An array of absolute, native paths to file dependencies that should be watched by webpack for changes.
Dependencies can also be added using loaderContext.addDependency(file: string).
contextDependenciesType: Array[String]
Default: []
An array of absolute, native paths to directory dependencies that should be watched by webpack for changes.
Context dependencies can also be added using loaderContext.addContextDependency(directory: string).
buildDependenciesType: Array[String]
Default: []
An array of absolute, native paths to directory dependencies that should be watched by webpack for changes.
Build dependencies can also be added using loaderContext.addBuildDependency(file: string).
cacheableType: Boolean
Default: false
If true, specifies that the code can be re-used in watch mode if none of the
dependencies have changed.
In this example the loader is configured to operator on a file name of
years-in-ms.js, execute the code, and store the result in the bundle as the
result of the execution. This example passes years as an option, which
corresponds to the years parameter in the target module exported function:
years-in-ms.js
module.exports = function yearsInMs({ years }) {
const value = years * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
// NOTE: this return value will replace the module in the bundle
return {
cacheable: true,
code: "module.exports = " + value,
};
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: require.resolve("src/years-in-ms.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "val-loader",
options: {
years: 10,
},
},
],
},
],
},
};In the bundle, requiring the module then returns:
import tenYearsMs from "years-in-ms";
console.log(tenYearsMs); // 315360000000Example shows how to build modernizr.
entry.js
import modenizr from "./modernizr.js";modernizr.js
const modernizr = require("modernizr");
module.exports = function (options) {
return new Promise(function (resolve) {
// It is impossible to throw an error because modernizr causes the process.exit(1)
modernizr.build(options, function (output) {
resolve({
cacheable: true,
code: `var modernizr; var hadGlobal = 'Modernizr' in window; var oldGlobal = window.Modernizr; ${output} modernizr = window.Modernizr; if (hadGlobal) { window.Modernizr = oldGlobal; } else { delete window.Modernizr; } export default modernizr;`,
});
});
});
};webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: path.resolve(__dirname, "src", "modernizr.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "val-loader",
options: {
minify: false,
options: ["setClasses"],
"feature-detects": [
"test/css/flexbox",
"test/es6/promises",
"test/serviceworker",
],
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Example shows how to build figlet.
entry.js
import { default as figlet } from "./figlet.js";
console.log(figlet);figlet.js
const figlet = require("figlet");
function wrapOutput(output, config) {
let figletOutput = "";
if (config.textBefore) {
figletOutput += encodeURI(`${config.textBefore}\n`);
}
output.split("\n").forEach((line) => {
figletOutput += encodeURI(`${line}\n`);
});
if (config.textAfter) {
figletOutput += encodeURI(`${config.textAfter}\n`);
}
return `module.exports = decodeURI("${figletOutput}");`;
}
module.exports = function (options) {
const defaultConfig = {
fontOptions: {
font: "ANSI Shadow",
horizontalLayout: "default",
kerning: "default",
verticalLayout: "default",
},
text: "FIGLET-LOADER",
textAfter: null,
textBefore: null,
};
const config = Object.assign({}, defaultConfig, options);
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
figlet.text(config.text, config.fontOptions, (error, output) => {
if (error) {
return reject(error);
}
resolve({
cacheable: true,
code: "module.exports = " + wrapOutput(output, config),
});
});
});
};webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: path.resolve(__dirname, "src", "figlet.js"),
use: [
{
loader: "val-loader",
options: {
text: "FIGLET",
},
},
],
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
Web Worker loader for webpack 4.
Note that this is specific to webpack 4. To use Web Workers in webpack 5, see https://webpack.js.org/guides/web-workers/.
To begin, you'll need to install worker-loader:
$ npm install worker-loader --save-dev
App.js
import Worker from "worker-loader!./Worker.js";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.js$/,
use: { loader: "worker-loader" },
},
],
},
};App.js
import Worker from "./file.worker.js";
const worker = new Worker();
worker.postMessage({ a: 1 });
worker.onmessage = function (event) {};
worker.addEventListener("message", function (event) {});And run webpack via your preferred method.
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
worker | {String|Object} | Worker | Allows to set web worker constructor name and options |
publicPath | {String|Function} | based on output.publicPath | specifies the public URL address of the output files when referenced in a browser |
filename | {String|Function} | based on output.filename | The filename of entry chunks for web workers |
chunkFilename | {String} | based on output.chunkFilename | The filename of non-entry chunks for web workers |
inline | 'no-fallback'|'fallback' | undefined | Allow to inline the worker as a BLOB |
esModule | {Boolean} | true | Use ES modules syntax |
workerType: String|Object
Default: Worker
Set the worker type.
StringAllows to set web worker constructor name.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
worker: "SharedWorker",
},
},
],
},
};ObjectAllow to set web worker constructor name and options.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
worker: {
type: "SharedWorker",
options: {
type: "classic",
credentials: "omit",
name: "my-custom-worker-name",
},
},
},
},
],
},
};publicPathType: String|Function
Default: based on output.publicPath
The publicPath specifies the public URL address of the output files when referenced in a browser.
If not specified, the same public path used for other webpack assets is used.
Stringwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
publicPath: "/scripts/workers/",
},
},
],
},
};Functionwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
publicPath: (pathData, assetInfo) => {
return `/scripts/${pathData.hash}/workers/`;
},
},
},
],
},
};filenameType: String|Function
Default: based on output.filename, adding worker suffix, for example - output.filename: '[name].js' value of this option will be [name].worker.js
The filename of entry chunks for web workers.
Stringwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
filename: "[name].[contenthash].worker.js",
},
},
],
},
};Functionwebpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
filename: (pathData) => {
if (
/\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i.test(pathData.chunk.entryModule.resource)
) {
return "[name].custom.worker.js";
}
return "[name].js";
},
},
},
],
},
};chunkFilenameType: String
Default: based on output.chunkFilename, adding worker suffix, for example - output.chunkFilename: '[id].js' value of this option will be [id].worker.js
The filename of non-entry chunks for web workers.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
chunkFilename: "[id].[contenthash].worker.js",
},
},
],
},
};inlineType: 'fallback' | 'no-fallback'
Default: undefined
Allow to inline the worker as a BLOB.
Inline mode with the fallback value will create file for browsers without support web workers, to disable this behavior just use no-fallback value.
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
inline: "fallback",
},
},
],
},
};esModuleType: Boolean
Default: true
By default, worker-loader generates JS modules that use the ES modules syntax.
You can enable a CommonJS modules syntax using:
webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};The worker file can import dependencies just like any other file:
index.js
import Worker from "./my.worker.js";
var worker = new Worker();
var result;
worker.onmessage = function (event) {
if (!result) {
result = document.createElement("div");
result.setAttribute("id", "result");
document.body.append(result);
}
result.innerText = JSON.stringify(event.data);
};
const button = document.getElementById("button");
button.addEventListener("click", function () {
worker.postMessage({ postMessage: true });
});my.worker.js
onmessage = function (event) {
var workerResult = event.data;
workerResult.onmessage = true;
postMessage(workerResult);
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
loader: "worker-loader",
options: {
esModule: false,
},
},
],
},
};You can even use ES6+ features if you have the babel-loader configured.
index.js
import Worker from "./my.worker.js";
const worker = new Worker();
let result;
worker.onmessage = (event) => {
if (!result) {
result = document.createElement("div");
result.setAttribute("id", "result");
document.body.append(result);
}
result.innerText = JSON.stringify(event.data);
};
const button = document.getElementById("button");
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
worker.postMessage({ postMessage: true });
});my.worker.js
onmessage = function (event) {
const workerResult = event.data;
workerResult.onmessage = true;
postMessage(workerResult);
};webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.worker\.(c|m)?js$/i,
use: [
{
loader: "worker-loader",
},
{
loader: "babel-loader",
options: {
presets: ["@babel/preset-env"],
},
},
],
},
],
},
};To integrate with TypeScript, you will need to define a custom module for the exports of your worker.
worker-loader!typings/worker-loader.d.ts
declare module "worker-loader!*" {
// You need to change `Worker`, if you specified a different value for the `workerType` option
class WebpackWorker extends Worker {
constructor();
}
// Uncomment this if you set the `esModule` option to `false`
// export = WebpackWorker;
export default WebpackWorker;
}my.worker.ts
const ctx: Worker = self as any;
// Post data to parent thread
ctx.postMessage({ foo: "foo" });
// Respond to message from parent thread
ctx.addEventListener("message", (event) => console.log(event));index.ts
import Worker from "worker-loader!./Worker";
const worker = new Worker();
worker.postMessage({ a: 1 });
worker.onmessage = (event) => {};
worker.addEventListener("message", (event) => {});worker-loader!Alternatively, you can omit the worker-loader! prefix passed to import statement by using the following notation.
This is useful for executing the code using a non-WebPack runtime environment
(such as Jest with workerloader-jest-transformer).
typings/worker-loader.d.ts
declare module "*.worker.ts" {
// You need to change `Worker`, if you specified a different value for the `workerType` option
class WebpackWorker extends Worker {
constructor();
}
// Uncomment this if you set the `esModule` option to `false`
// export = WebpackWorker;
export default WebpackWorker;
}my.worker.ts
const ctx: Worker = self as any;
// Post data to parent thread
ctx.postMessage({ foo: "foo" });
// Respond to message from parent thread
ctx.addEventListener("message", (event) => console.log(event));index.ts
import MyWorker from "./my.worker.ts";
const worker = new MyWorker();
worker.postMessage({ a: 1 });
worker.onmessage = (event) => {};
worker.addEventListener("message", (event) => {});webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
// Place this *before* the `ts-loader`.
{
test: /\.worker\.ts$/,
loader: "worker-loader",
},
{
test: /\.ts$/,
loader: "ts-loader",
},
],
},
resolve: {
extensions: [".ts", ".js"],
},
};WebWorkers are restricted by a same-origin policy, so if your webpack assets are not being served from the same origin as your application, their download may be blocked by your browser.
This scenario can commonly occur if you are hosting your assets under a CDN domain.
Even downloads from the webpack-dev-server could be blocked.
There are two workarounds:
Firstly, you can inline the worker as a blob instead of downloading it as an external script via the inline parameter
App.js
import Worker from "./file.worker.js";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
loader: "worker-loader",
options: { inline: "fallback" },
},
],
},
};Secondly, you may override the base download URL for your worker script via the publicPath option
App.js
// This will cause the worker to be downloaded from `/workers/file.worker.js`
import Worker from "./file.worker.js";webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
loader: "worker-loader",
options: { publicPath: "/workers/" },
},
],
},
};Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.
webpack enables use of loaders to preprocess files. This allows you to bundle any static resource way beyond JavaScript. You can easily write your own loaders using Node.js.
Loaders are activated by using loadername! prefixes in require() statements, or are automatically applied via regex from your webpack configuration – see configuration.
val-loader Executes code as module and consider exports as JS coderef-loader Create dependencies between any files manuallycson-loader Loads and transpiles a CSON filebabel-loader Loads ES2015+ code and transpiles to ES5 using Babelbuble-loader Loads ES2015+ code and transpiles to ES5 using Bublétraceur-loader Loads ES2015+ code and transpiles to ES5 using Traceurts-loader Loads TypeScript 2.0+ like JavaScriptcoffee-loader Loads CoffeeScript like JavaScriptfengari-loader Loads Lua code using fengarielm-webpack-loader Loads Elm like JavaScripthtml-loader Exports HTML as string, require references to static resourcespug-loader Loads Pug and Jade templates and returns a functionmarkdown-loader Compiles Markdown to HTMLreact-markdown-loader Compiles Markdown to a React Component using the markdown-parse parserposthtml-loader Loads and transforms a HTML file using PostHTMLhandlebars-loader Compiles Handlebars to HTMLmarkup-inline-loader Inline SVG/MathML files to HTML. It’s useful when applying icon font or applying CSS animation to SVG.twig-loader Compiles Twig templates and returns a functionremark-loader Load markdown through remark with built-in image resolutionstyle-loader Add exports of a module as style to DOMcss-loader Loads CSS file with resolved imports and returns CSS codeless-loader Loads and compiles a LESS filesass-loader Loads and compiles a SASS/SCSS filepostcss-loader Loads and transforms a CSS/SSS file using PostCSSstylus-loader Loads and compiles a Stylus filevue-loader Loads and compiles Vue Componentsangular2-template-loader Loads and compiles Angular ComponentsFor more third-party loaders, see the list from awesome-webpack.