no-var-requires

Disallow require statements except in import statements.

✅

Extending "plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended" in an ESLint configuration enables this rule.

In other words, the use of forms such as var foo = require("foo") are banned. Instead use ES6 style imports or import foo = require("foo") imports.

.eslintrc.cjs

module.exports = {
  "rules": {
    "@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": "error"
  }
};

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Examples

❌ Incorrect

var foo = require('foo');
const foo = require('foo');
let foo = require('foo');

✅ Correct

import foo = require('foo');
require('foo');
import foo from 'foo';

This rule is not configurable.

Options

When Not To Use It

If you don't care about using newer module syntax, then you will not need this rule.

Related To

• no-require-imports

Resources

• Rule source
• Test source