How to import an HTML template from a relative path like this:
import customSelectHtml from "./custom-select.html!text";
TypeScript compiler complains that it cannot find module. I was trying to create an ambient module definition, but it doesn't allow relative paths in module names. I am using SystemJS as a module loader.
It is impossible.
Due to the definition of what is module in typescript, and as far as I know in ES6 javascript (import). Module cannot be html. The common approach is to import a javascript module that exports a string containing html, css, whatever. But that is not importing of the file with raw html.
Maybe you want to have a look at html imports also, but that is completely different thing.
I'm not using typescript, but I do use ES6. Might be useful for you.
The way that I solve this is by declaring template strings using ` ` quotes. It works fine for me, I would be happy to know if someone thinks this is a bad habbit.
below a snippet with Angular(-ui-router).
index.js
var indexTemplate = `
<div>
<h1>{{ Index page }}</h1>
</div
`
export {indexTemplate}
config.js
import { indexTemplate } from './index.js'
function config($stateProvider){
$stateProvider.state('index', {
url: '/',
controller: 'indexController',
template: indexTemplate
})
}
For completeness, this assumes indexController is defined elsewhere. Also, this config function is exported to a place where app is defined. But that all is not related to the question.
You can import it using require syntax
1) Create app.d.ts file and require definition so typescript know this is function. (you don;t need to add any addition library, systemJs support require syntax)
declare function require(params:string): any;
2) Now you can import your html using
var template = require('./custom-select.html!text')
I found it even better because you can use require inline
var directive = {
template: require('./custom-select.html!text'),
scope: {}
}
I don't know about SystemJS, but this is definitely possible with Webpack and the html-loader