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Reputation:

NodeJs - How to avoid relative paths with import keyword

Per several github docs, I have tried this, although it is really for the require keyword, as the very first line in the first server file fired [index.js]:

process.env.NODE_PATH = 'app';
require('module').Module._initPaths();

It didn't work. Then I read up in webpack to do this, but still it does not work:

resolve: {
    root: path.resolve(path.join(__dirname + '/app')),
    alias: {
        app: 'app',
        component: 'app/components',
        utility: 'app/utils'
    },
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx']
},

How do I avoid the endless '../../../../' as my project goes deeper as I do not want to keep doing this:

Import MyComponent from '../../../../../Whatever' ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1632

Answers (1)

Slowmove
Slowmove

Reputation: 462

Currently I am using quite the same solution, no 6 in this list.

process.env.NODE_PATH = __dirname;
require('module').Module._initPaths();

Which enables me to call all my js files by folder/filename wherever I am in my code base, e.g. 

require('services/userService');

This is a quite ugly solution since it relies on a private Node.js core method, this is also a hack that might stop working on the previous or next version of node.

I also asked the same question on Quora with some answers.

Upvotes: 2

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