Error in using the webpack mini-css-extract-plugin plugin

Question

When I run the npm run build fails, referencing the mini-css-extract-plugin:

C:\dev\udemy-restfull\webpack\node_modules\mini-css-extract-plugin\dist\index.js:76
    const resource = this._identifier.split('!').pop();
                                         ^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'split' of undefined

I tried to search for the error, but only understood that it depends on the order of the loaders execution, so I left only the MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader and the css-loader, but the error continued.

I went through the documentation and got the simplified settings, also the same error occurred.

I have loaded the bootstrap in index.js so I removed it thinking that it could be the cause, also not good.

can you help me?

Here's my webpack.config.js file:

const path = require('path');
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");

module.exports = {
  entry: ["@babel/polyfill", "./src/index.js"],
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    filename: 'bundle.js'
  },
  plugins: [
    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
      filename: 'style.css'
    })
  ],
  module: {
    rules: [

      {
        test: /\.css$/,
        use: [
          { loader: MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader }, // style-loader
          { loader: "file-loader" }
        ]
      },
      {
        test: /\.(scss)$/,
        use: [
          {
            loader: MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader, // inject CSS to page / style-loader
          },
          {
            loader: 'css-loader', // translates CSS into CommonJS modules
          },
          {
            loader: 'postcss-loader', // Run post css actions
            options: {
              plugins: function () { // post css plugins, can be exported to postcss.config.js
                return [
                  require('precss'),
                  require('autoprefixer')
                ];
              }
            }
          },
          {
            loader: 'sass-loader' // compiles Sass to CSS
          }]
      },
    ]
  },
  devServer: {
    contentBase: './dist',
    port: 9000
  }
};

Here's my package.json file:

{
  "name": "app-webpack",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "teste com webpack",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "webpack --mode development --watch",
    "build": "webpack --mode production",
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode development"
  },
  "author": "Johnatan Lopes",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.1.0",
    "@babel/core": "^7.1.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.1.0",
    "autoprefixer": "^9.1.5",
    "babel-loader": "^8.0.4",
    "css-loader": "^1.0.0",
    "file-loader": "^2.0.0",
    "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.4.3",
    "node-sass": "^4.9.3",
    "postcss-loader": "^3.0.0",
    "precss": "^3.1.2",
    "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
    "style-loader": "^0.23.0",
    "webpack": "^4.20.2",
    "webpack-cli": "^3.1.1",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.9"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@babel/polyfill": "^7.0.0",
    "bootstrap": "^4.1.3",
    "jquery": "^3.3.1",
    "popper.js": "^1.14.4"
  }
}

Solution 1

mini-css-extract-plugin's loader only takes the output of css-loader as its input. Your rule for CSS files should look like this:

{
  test: /\.css$/,
  use: [
    MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
    "css-loader"
  ]
}

This way, the properly formatted CSS will be passed to MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader for the plugin to extract it from your bundle.

Solution 2

This is one of the first google results for this error message - so even though this fix doesn't relate to the original questioner's config, this might help people in the future.

For me, the fix was removing exportOnlyLocals/exportLocals (depending on your version of css-loader) from the options object (or options.modules object if you're using css-loader v3.x). This will have side effects if you're using prerendering - which I believe is a SSR thing that I'm personally unfamiliar with.

Also ensure that MiniCssExtractPlugin is called before css-loader - as Adam already mentioned.

Comments

[Robert Rowntree]

try as a plugin....... new MiniCssExtractPlugin({ filename: "[name].css", chunkFilename: "[id].css" }), ......

[hellatan]

this currently only works if you're not trying to configure the 'css-loader'. If you're trying to use the options property for a loader, then this will not solve your problem.

[Ambroise Rabier]

Seem confirmed here: github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin/issues/20‌​5. Seem like earlier version of css-loader doesn't have that issue. Another relevant link: webpack.js.org/loaders/css-loader/#exportonlylocals .