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Tom
Tom

Reputation: 2661

Reading a file in React after it has been built

I am reading a file into my React component like this: 

let SVN_VERSION;

try{
  SVN_VERSION = require("./svnversion.txt");
}catch(e){}

...

async componentDidMount(){

    if(!SVN_VERSION) return;

    const res = await fetch(SVN_VERSION);
    const svnVersion = await res.text();
    this.setState({svnVersion})
}

This works fine on my local machine. When I change the content of the file, the component gets updated.

However, after I built the project with npm run build it doesn't get updated anymore. It just takes the content at built time.

I was wondering how I could make it so that it dynamically reads the content of the file?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 615

Answers (1)

Tien Duong
Tien Duong

Reputation: 2595

I created project with create-react-app and the component still updated dynamically with the content in the file after I built. Can you post your webpack config, your build folder structure or your full code?

Below is my build folder

My build folder

Upvotes: 1

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