node-native-loader

A webpack loader for node native modules (.node/C++ binaries).

What it does

This loader moves all relevant files (generally, .node files) to the output path, then uses relative paths to load them, so that they can be loaded in a consistent location across different builds of an app (development vs packaged, etc.).

It is similar to node-relative-loader, but has a number of problematic options removed, and works consistently on Windows (whereas the aforementioned module often generates non-working require statements).

Usage

// In your webpack config
 
// For an application that outputs files to ./app/dist, and starts from ./app/index:
const config = {
  // ...
  module: {
    loaders: {
      // ...
      {
        test: /\.node$/,
        // `from` is where paths will be made relative to
        loader: 'node-native?from=app',
      },
    }
  }
}

A note on webpack-dev-server

If you're using webpack-dev-server (or webpack-dev-middleware), you probably also want to add write-file-webpack-plugin to your configuration for all .node files, so that they still get written to the filesystem and can be required consistently.

License

MIT