JavaScript
Import modules from URL instead of local node_modules

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Introduction

• Imports source code URLs! Like <script type="module"> and Deno but implemented in webpack. Embracing the future :)

  import template from 'https://unpkg.com/lodash/template'
  
  console.log(template(`Hello <%= name %>`)({ name: 'EGOIST' }))

  Remote code is fetched and cached on first build, and never updated until you use the reload option. See more about Caching.

• No more node_modules bloat, no dependency to install.

Install

yarn add import-http --dev

Usage

Webpack

In your webpack.config.js:

const ImportHttpWebpackPlugin = require('import-http/webpack')

module.exports = {
  plugins: [new ImportHttpWebpackPlugin()]
}

That's it, try following code:

import React from 'https://unpkg.com/react'
import Vue from 'https://unpkg.com/vue'

console.log(React, Vue)

Run webpack and it just works.

Rollup

In your rollup.config.js:

export default {
  plugins: [require('import-http/rollup')()]
}

Caching

Resources will be fetched at the very first build, then the response will be cached in ~/.import-http dir. You can use the reload option to invalidate cache:

const ImportHttpWebpackPlugin = require('import-http/webpack')

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new ImportHttpWebpackPlugin({
      reload: process.env.RELOAD
    })
  ]
}

Then run RELOAD=true webpack to update cache.

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Author

import-http © EGOIST, Released under the MIT License.
Authored and maintained by EGOIST with help from contributors (list).

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