esbuild-plugin-rdi

0.0.0 verified Fri May 01 auth: no javascript

ESBuild plugin to remove duplicate require/import statements from minified builds. Current stable version is 0.0.0. The plugin is part of a tooling ecosystem from react18-tools and works with esbuild and tsup. It deduplicates require calls to reduce bundle size, especially useful for React server components. As of now, it has minimal documentation and no plugin options yet. The package ships TypeScript types and is licensed under MPL-2.0.

Common errors

error Error: Cannot find module 'esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports' ↓

cause Incorrect package name; the published package is 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

fix

npm install esbuild-plugin-rdi and import from 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

error TypeError: rdiPlugin is not a function ↓

cause Default import instead of named import

fix

Use import { rdiPlugin } from 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

error Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'esbuild-plugin-rdi' ↓

cause Package not installed

fix

Run npm install esbuild-plugin-rdi

Warnings

gotcha Package name is 'esbuild-plugin-rdi' not 'esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports' ↓

fix Install esbuild-plugin-rdi and import from that package.

gotcha Named export only; default export does not exist ↓

fix Use named import { rdiPlugin }.

gotcha Plugin options object is not yet defined; calling rdiPlugin() without arguments may cause issues ↓

fix Pass an empty object or wait for documentation.

Install

npm install esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports

yarn add esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports

pnpm add esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports

Imports

rdiPlugin

wrong

import rdiPlugin from 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

correct

import { rdiPlugin } from 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

Default import not supported; must use named import.

require

wrong

const rdiPlugin = require('esbuild-plugin-rdi')

correct

const { rdiPlugin } = require('esbuild-plugin-rdi')

CJS require uses destructuring for named export.

rdiPlugin

wrong

import { rdiPlugin } from 'esbuild-plugin-remove-multiple-imports'

correct

import { rdiPlugin } from 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'

Package is published under alias 'esbuild-plugin-rdi'.

Quickstart

Shows how to use the plugin with esbuild in CommonJS to remove duplicate require statements from the output bundle.

const esbuild = require('esbuild');
const { rdiPlugin } = require('esbuild-plugin-rdi');
esbuild.build({
  entryPoints: ['src/index.js'],
  outfile: 'dist/bundle.js',
  bundle: true,
  plugins: [rdiPlugin()]
}).then(() => console.log('Build complete'));