🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the --fix
CLI option.
Enforce a convention in the order of require()
/ import
statements.
With the groups
option set to ["builtin", "external", "internal", "parent", "sibling", "index", "object", "type"]
the order is as shown in the following example:
// 1. node "builtin" modules
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
// 2. "external" modules
import _ from 'lodash';
import chalk from 'chalk';
// 3. "internal" modules
// (if you have configured your path or webpack to handle your internal paths differently)
import foo from 'src/foo';
// 4. modules from a "parent" directory
import foo from '../foo';
import qux from '../../foo/qux';
// 5. "sibling" modules from the same or a sibling's directory
import bar from './bar';
import baz from './bar/baz';
// 6. "index" of the current directory
import main from './';
// 7. "object"-imports (only available in TypeScript)
import log = console.log;
// 8. "type" imports (only available in Flow and TypeScript)
import type { Foo } from 'foo';
Unassigned imports are ignored, as the order they are imported in may be important.
Statements using the ES6 import
syntax must appear before any require()
statements.
import _ from 'lodash';
import path from 'path'; // `path` import should occur before import of `lodash`
// -----
var _ = require('lodash');
var path = require('path'); // `path` import should occur before import of `lodash`
// -----
var path = require('path');
import foo from './foo'; // `import` statements must be before `require` statement
import path from 'path';
import _ from 'lodash';
// -----
var path = require('path');
var _ = require('lodash');
// -----
// Allowed as ̀`babel-register` is not assigned.
require('babel-register');
var path = require('path');
// -----
// Allowed as `import` must be before `require`
import foo from './foo';
var path = require('path');
Unbound imports are assumed to have side effects, and will never be moved/reordered. This can cause other imports to get "stuck" around them, and the fix to fail.
import b from 'b'
import 'format.css'; // This will prevent --fix from working.
import a from 'a'
As a workaround, move unbound imports to be entirely above or below bound ones.
import 'format1.css'; // OK
import b from 'b'
import a from 'a'
import 'format2.css'; // OK
This rule supports the following options:
How groups are defined, and the order to respect. groups
must be an array of string
or [string
]. The only allowed string
s are:
"builtin"
, "external"
, "internal"
, "unknown"
, "parent"
, "sibling"
, "index"
, "object"
, "type"
.
The enforced order is the same as the order of each element in a group. Omitted types are implicitly grouped together as the last element. Example:
[
'builtin', // Built-in types are first
['sibling', 'parent'], // Then sibling and parent types. They can be mingled together
'index', // Then the index file
'object',
// Then the rest: internal and external type
]
The default value is ["builtin", "external", "parent", "sibling", "index"]
.
You can set the options like this:
"import/order": [
"error",
{
"groups": [
"index",
"sibling",
"parent",
"internal",
"external",
"builtin",
"object",
"type"
]
}
]
To be able to group by paths mostly needed with aliases pathGroups can be defined.
Properties of the objects
property | required | type | description |
---|---|---|---|
pattern | x | string | minimatch pattern for the paths to be in this group (will not be used for builtins or externals) |
patternOptions | object | options for minimatch, default: { nocomment: true } | |
group | x | string | one of the allowed groups, the pathGroup will be positioned relative to this group |
position | string | defines where around the group the pathGroup will be positioned, can be 'after' or 'before', if not provided pathGroup will be positioned like the group |
{
"import/order": ["error", {
"pathGroups": [
{
"pattern": "~/**",
"group": "external"
}
]
}]
}
This changes how pathGroups[].position
affects grouping. The property is most useful when newlines-between
is set to always
and at least 1 pathGroups
entry has a position
property set.
By default, in the context of a particular pathGroup
entry, when setting position
, a new "group" will silently be created. That is, even if the group
is specified, a newline will still separate imports that match that pattern
with the rest of the group (assuming newlines-between
is always
). This is undesirable if your intentions are to use position
to position within the group (and not create a new one). Override this behavior by setting distinctGroup
to false
; this will keep imports within the same group as intended.
Note that currently, distinctGroup
defaults to true
. However, in a later update, the default will change to false
Example:
{
"import/order": ["error", {
"newlines-between": "always",
"pathGroups": [
{
"pattern": "@app/**",
"group": "external",
"position": "after"
}
],
"distinctGroup": false
}]
}
This defines import types that are not handled by configured pathGroups.
If you have added path groups with patterns that look like "builtin"
or "external"
imports, you have to remove this group ("builtin"
and/or "external"
) from the default exclusion list (e.g., ["builtin", "external", "object"]
, etc) to sort these path groups correctly.
Example:
{
"import/order": ["error", {
"pathGroups": [
{
"pattern": "@app/**",
"group": "external",
"position": "after"
}
],
"pathGroupsExcludedImportTypes": ["builtin"]
}]
}
Import Type is resolved as a fixed string in predefined set, it can't be a patterns
(e.g., react
, react-router-dom
, etc). See [#2156] for details.
Enforces or forbids new lines between import groups:
- If set to
ignore
, no errors related to new lines between import groups will be reported. - If set to
always
, at least one new line between each group will be enforced, and new lines inside a group will be forbidden. To prevent multiple lines between imports, coreno-multiple-empty-lines
rule can be used. - If set to
always-and-inside-groups
, it will act likealways
except newlines are allowed inside import groups. - If set to
never
, no new lines are allowed in the entire import section.
The default value is "ignore"
.
With the default group setting, the following will be invalid:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "always"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "always-and-inside-groups"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "never"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
while those will be valid:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "always"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "always-and-inside-groups"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"newlines-between": "never"}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import index from './';
import sibling from './foo';
named: true|false|{ enabled: true|false, import: true|false, export: true|false, require: true|false, cjsExports: true|false, types: mixed|types-first|types-last }
Enforce ordering of names within imports and exports:
- If set to
true
, named imports must be ordered according to thealphabetize
options - If set to
false
, named imports can occur in any order
enabled
enables the named ordering for all expressions by default.
Use import
, export
and require
and cjsExports
to override the enablement for the following kind of expressions:
-
import
:import { Readline } from "readline";
-
export
:export { Readline }; // and export { Readline } from "readline";
-
require
const { Readline } = require("readline");
-
cjsExports
module.exports.Readline = Readline; // and module.exports = { Readline };
The types
option allows you to specify the order of import
s and export
s of type
specifiers.
Following values are possible:
types-first
: forcestype
specifiers to occur firsttypes-last
: forces value specifiers to occur firstmixed
: sorts all specifiers in alphabetical order
The default value is false
.
Example setting:
{
named: true,
alphabetize: {
order: 'asc'
}
}
This will fail the rule check:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"named": true, "alphabetize": {"order": "asc"}}] */
import { compose, apply } from 'xcompose';
While this will pass:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"named": true, "alphabetize": {"order": "asc"}}] */
import { apply, compose } from 'xcompose';
alphabetize: {order: asc|desc|ignore, orderImportKind: asc|desc|ignore, caseInsensitive: true|false}
Sort the order within each group in alphabetical manner based on import path:
order
: useasc
to sort in ascending order, anddesc
to sort in descending order (default:ignore
).orderImportKind
: useasc
to sort in ascending order various import kinds, e.g. imports prefixed withtype
ortypeof
, with same import path. Usedesc
to sort in descending order (default:ignore
).caseInsensitive
: usetrue
to ignore case, andfalse
to consider case (default:false
).
Example setting:
alphabetize: {
order: 'asc', /* sort in ascending order. Options: ['ignore', 'asc', 'desc'] */
caseInsensitive: true /* ignore case. Options: [true, false] */
}
This will fail the rule check:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"alphabetize": {"order": "asc", "caseInsensitive": true}}] */
import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
import aTypes from 'prop-types';
import { compose, apply } from 'xcompose';
import * as classnames from 'classnames';
import blist from 'BList';
While this will pass:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"alphabetize": {"order": "asc", "caseInsensitive": true}}] */
import blist from 'BList';
import * as classnames from 'classnames';
import aTypes from 'prop-types';
import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
import { compose, apply } from 'xcompose';
- default:
false
Warns when unassigned imports are out of order. These warning will not be fixed
with --fix
because unassigned imports are used for side-effects and changing the
import of order of modules with side effects can not be done automatically in a
way that is safe.
This will fail the rule check:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"warnOnUnassignedImports": true}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import './styles.css';
import path from 'path';
While this will pass:
/* eslint import/order: ["error", {"warnOnUnassignedImports": true}] */
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import './styles.css';
-
import/external-module-folders
setting -
import/internal-regex
setting