babel-plugin-transform-import-meta

Transforms import.meta for nodejs environments. This plugin supports transforming the following apis:

• import.meta.dirname
• import.meta.filename
• import.meta.resolve(specifier)
• import.meta.url

import.meta.dirname

console.log(import.meta.dirname);

Is replaced with

console.log(__dirname);

import.meta.filename

console.log(import.meta.filename);

Is replaced with

console.log(__filename);

import.meta.resolve(specifier)

console.log(import.meta.resolve(myCustomFunction('path', 'file')));

Is replaced with

console.log(require('url').pathToFileURL(require.resolve(myCustomFunction('path', 'file'))).toString());

import.meta.url

console.log(import.meta.url);

Is replaced with

console.log(require('url').pathToFileURL(__filename).toString());

Installation

Install this package

npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-import-meta

and add it to your babel plugins in babel.config.json

{
  "plugins": [
    "babel-plugin-transform-import-meta"
  ]
}

Settings

ES6 modules

It's possible to use ES6 modules for the output. Useful to delegate module transformation to other plugins.

{
  "plugins": [
    ["babel-plugin-transform-import-meta", { "module": "ES6" }]
  ]
}

Credits

Based on a previous project "babel-plugin-import-meta" by The Polymer Authors