Cannot make bootstrap work with Webpack

javascript twitter-bootstrap webpack webpack-dev-server webpack-style-loader

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Solution 1

It seems that webpack cannot load font files.

Add file-loader via npm to your project, and save it as devDependencies.
```
npm install file-loader --save-dev
```

And modify the module loaders configuration in your webpack.config.js

{
  test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg|woff(2)?)(\?[a-z0-9]+)?$/,
  loader: 'file-loader',
}

Try installing bootstrap through npm, remember also jquery, its dependency

Solution 2

This what I have in order for Bootstrap to work with Webpack:

{test: /\.eot(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, loader: 'file'},
{test: /\.(woff|woff2)$/, loader: 'url?prefix=font/&limit=5000'},
{test: /\.ttf(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, loader: 'url?limit=10000&mimetype=application/octet-stream'},
{test: /\.svg(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, loader: 'url?limit=10000&mimetype=image/svg+xml'}

and

import 'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css';

Also, if you are using Bootstrap locally, you need to have fonts folder, containing Bootstrap fonts at the same level as css folder. It's best to use npm to avoid all this trouble.

Solution 3

compared to @krl answer. this is what I put under modules rules in https://github.com/AngularClass/angular2-webpack-starter/blob/master/config/webpack.common.js

after having $ npm install style-loader css-loader url-loader --save-dev

{test: /\.eot(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, use: 'file-loader'},
{test: /\.(woff|woff2)$/, use: 'url-loader?prefix=font/&limit=5000'},
{test: /\.ttf(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, use: 'url-loader?limit=10000&mimetype=application/octet-stream'},
{test: /\.svg(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/, use: 'url-loader?limit=10000&mimetype=image/svg+xml'}

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Author by

lhahn

Graduate Student in Computer Science

Updated on July 24, 2022

Comments

lhahn almost 2 years

I am working with a webpack-dev-server and I am trying to include bootstrap.

I have this project structure:

── css
│   └── bootstrap.min.css
│── js
|   └── bootstrap.min.js
├── dist
├── index.html
├── package.json
├── server.js
├── src
│   ├── actions.js
│   ├── App.js
│   ├── components
│   ├── constants
│   ├── index.js
│   └── reducers.js
└── webpack.config.js

This is the index.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.min.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id='root'></div>
    <script src="/static/bundle.js"></script>
  </body>    
</html>

Whenever I run the server, I get an error of the type:

Cannot GET /css/bootstrap.min.css

Here is the webpack.config.js:

var path = require('path');
var webpack = require('webpack');

module.exports = {
  devtool: 'eval',
  entry: [
    'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:3000',
    'webpack/hot/only-dev-server',
    './src/index'
  ],
  output: {
    path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist'),
    filename: 'bundle.js',
    publicPath: '/static/'
  },
  plugins: [
    new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
    new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin()
  ],
  module: {
    loaders: [{
      test: /\.js$/,
      loaders: ['react-hot', 'babel'],
      include: path.join(__dirname, 'src')
    },
    {
      test: /\.css$/,
      loader: 'style!css'
    }]
  },
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx', '.json']
  }
};

Everything else works fine, the problem is just bootstrap. I tried a lot of different variations on the configurations, but I can't get it to work.

I also tried requiring it directly from javascript on index.js:

import '../css/bootstrap.min.css';

And I get this error:

ERROR in ./~/css-loader!./css/bootstrap.min.css
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory' ../fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot in /home/lhahn/dev/javascript/sha/css
 @ ./~/css-loader!./css/bootstrap.min.css 6:3278-3330 6:3348-3400

Edit

From what I realised, webpack is trying to find a font file inside my project, when trying to import Bootstrap.min.css.

lhahn over 8 years

I installed with, npm install file-loader --save-dev, but the error still persists
lhahn over 8 years

yes, I updated the question. I also get five of this errors, saying that it was not possible to find the fonts on my root directory.
Matteo Basso over 8 years

Is bootstrap installed via npm?
Matteo Basso over 8 years

Try installing it through npm, remember also jquery, its dependency
lhahn over 8 years

sadly now I get this error: ERROR in ./~/css-loader!./~/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'url' in /home/lhahn/dev/javascript/sha/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/c‌ss @ ./~/css-loader!./~/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css 6:4622-4676
krl over 8 years

sure, cause you need to install url loader npmjs.com/package/url-loader
papaiatis about 7 years

Which one worked exactly? Can you upload the entire code somewhere?
bbsimonbb about 7 years

For us beginners, where do these things go? The font loading lines are for webpack.config.js. The import ?
Wylliam Judd about 7 years

This was helpful, but created a bunch of junk files. I recommend using { test: [/\.woff?$/, /\.woff2?$/, /\.ttf?$/, /\.eot?$/, /\.svg?$/], loader: 'url-loader' }