Avoid require statements

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Metadata

ID: typescript-best-practices/no-var-requires

Language: TypeScript

Severity: Warning

Category: Best Practices

Description

Use ESM instead of CommonJS imports.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

var foo = require('foo');
const foo = require('foo');
let foo = require('foo');
let foo = trick(require('foo'));
var foo = require?.('foo');
const foo = require?.('foo');
let foo = require?.('foo');
let foo = trick(require?.('foo'));
let foo = trick?.(require('foo'));
const foo = require('./foo.json') as Foo;
const foo: Foo = require('./foo.json').default;

// const foo = <Foo>require('./foo.json');

// https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/issues/3883
// const configValidator = new Validator(require('./a.json'));
// configValidator.addSchema(require('./a.json'));

Compliant Code Examples

import foo = require('foo');
require('foo');
require?.('foo');