babel-plugin-transform-import-to-require v1.0.0

babel-plugin-transform-import-to-require

Babel plugin to transform import() expressions to require() - useful for testing or server-side rendering.

This package is very similar to babel-plugin-dynamic-import-node, expect it doesn't wrap require with a promise.

In

const importedModule = import('./module');

Out

const importedModule = require('./module');

Why?

I use a higher-order component in React to lazy load components for code-splitting purposes (see webpack v2), but I also want it to work synchronously for pre-rendering or testing.

See https://webpack.js.org/guides/lazy-load-react/

Caveat

Your code consuming import() needs to account for it to be a promise or the module itself.