Bundle an npm package without importing?

[rich oracle]

im kinda confused, what exactly are you trying to do?

able to import the jquery only from SOME of my static HTML files.

can you explain a bit more, didnt understand this

[noble tundra]

I want to be able to import the jquery only from SOME of my static HTML files.
how about you just import it from any file that you need jquery

[last flint]

I want vite build to copy the ./node_modules/jquery/dist folder into my static-vite folder.

[noble tundra]

my proposal is you don't

you just import jquery in any file that uses it, so it gets bundled

[last flint]

I know that is the recommended way. However, I use Django and there it doesn't work this way

[rich oracle]

I think you can pass in the path to the node_modules to this static copy plugin https://www.npmjs.com/package/vite-plugin-static-copy (or just do a cp ./path/from ./path/to but breaks on windows and all that)

also to clarify, how are you intending to use the stuff copied to the folder?
I am not aware of how jquery's npm package looks like but are you sure you can use jquery from those files?

[noble tundra]

I use Django and there it doesn't work this way
the backend server you use is irrelevant as long as it can serve static files

[last flint]

@noble tundra Thanks for your recommendation. However, I'm not interested in a different solution than what I asked.

[noble tundra]

okay but now we're getting into xy problem territory

it would be much better if you explained why you want to do this

is there a library that uses jquery that you use? do you just want to use jquery in your own scripts? why don't you want to import it in main.js?

[last flint]

It's not an XY Problem, it's a direct question.

[noble tundra]

well you haven't explained your motivation and seem to be stubborn about not explaining it, which makes it harder for us to find the best actual solution