https://www.npmjs.com/package/expose-loader
For example, let's say you want to expose jQuery as a global called $
:
require("expose-loader?$!jquery");
Thus, window.$
is then available in the browser console.
Alternately, you can set this in your config file:
webpack v1 usage
module: {
loaders: [
{ test: require.resolve("jquery"), loader: "expose-loader?$" }
]
}
webpack v2 usage
module: {
rules: [{
test: require.resolve('jquery'),
use: [{
loader: 'expose-loader',
options: '$'
}]
}]
}
Let's say you also want to expose it as window.jQuery
in addition to window.$
. For multiple expose you can use !
in loader string:
webpack v1 usage
module: {
loaders: [
{ test: require.resolve("jquery"), loader: "expose-loader?$!expose-loader?jQuery" },
]
}
webpack v2 usage
module: {
rules: [{
test: require.resolve('jquery'),
use: [{
loader: 'expose-loader',
options: 'jQuery'
},{
loader: 'expose-loader',
options: '$'
}]
}]
}
The require.resolve
is a Node.js call (unrelated to require.resolve
in webpack processing). require.resolve
gives you the absolute path to the module ("/.../app/node_modules/react/react.js"
). So the expose only applies to the react module. And it's only exposed when used in the bundle.