✅ extension packaging for external imports

[hardy coral]

Hi Greetings,

I have below imports in my extension:

import { defineEndpoint } from '@directus/extensions-sdk';
import { Request, Response } from 'express';
import axios from 'axios';
import { knex as knexfunc, Knex } from 'knex';

Just wondering if express/axios/knex will also be packed into the generated index.js (or api.js for bundle) file?
I believe they are already inside somewhere under node_modules, shall I do some configuration to reduce the generated file size?

BR,Austin

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[river pasture]

If you install them in the moduledir, yes, otherwise no

[hardy coral]

thanks @trail tree I installed them already in node_modules, how to tell the package no need to put them into the generated index.js file?

Thanks goes to @river pasture and

[river pasture]

No problem! Make sure to click the close button

[hardy coral]

One step to close...I installed them already in node_modules, how to tell the package no need to put them into the generated index.js file?

@trail tree

@river pasture

[river pasture]

White rabbit is just a bot, it doesnt respond

[river pasture]

npm r module_name

[hardy coral]

I believe this is to remove module_name from node_modules directory... I want to keep them, and ask "directus-extension build" to use them instead of putting all the modules into the generated index.js. @river pasture

[river pasture]

It doesnt work that way

The buildcommand will make an independend file that contains everything to run your extension

You can allow it to use external modules by not having them available in your node modules

Because directus has them build in, this will work just fine

[hardy coral]

ah... I see. So I remove them from the npm_modules under extension project folder, but keep them inside the npm_modules under the directus project folder.

[river pasture]

No need to install them at all

Directus does that automatically for you

[hardy coral]

ok. how can I make sure if a module is included by directus or not?

[river pasture]

https://github.com/directus/directus/blob/main/api/package.json

if its included there, you should be fine

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✅ extension packaging for external imports

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[narrow hawk]

@minor jay is this, what you're looking for?