babel-resolver

Babel Resolver

Resolve modules from any directory.

import User from '../../models/User';

Becomes:

import User from 'models/User';

Usage

Using Babel 6 & babel-core/register:

var resolve = require('path').resolve;
var localModulesDir = resolve(__dirname, 'app');
var anotherDirToCheck = resolve(__dirname, 'app/lib');
var resolver = require('babel-resolver')(localModulesDir, anotherDirToCheck);

require('babel-core/register')({
  presets: ['es2015'], // required for 'import'
  resolveModuleSource: resolver
});
require('./app');

Note: Run rm -rf ~/.babel.json before use to clear babel's cache. If you're seeing errors, try this again.

Note2: Babel's resolveModuleSource is currently only called when you use import 'module', not when use require('module')

Also, keep in mind that you must provide absolute directory paths to babel-resolver.

Installation

npm i babel-resolver --save
rm -rf ~/.babel.json

Why not just set NODE_PATH?

Setting NODE_PATH=app is a perfectly valid solution. babel-resolver is for those who:

• find environment variables annoying
• want to resolve modules from more than one directory

License

MIT