Is it possible to import modules from all files in a directory, using a wildcard?

Question

With ES6, I can import several exports from a file like this:

import {ThingA, ThingB, ThingC} from \'lib/things\';

However, I like the orga

Answer 1

The current answers suggest a workaround but it's bugged me why this doesn't exist, so I've created a babel plugin which does this.

Install it using:

npm i --save-dev babel-plugin-wildcard

then add it to your .babelrc with:

{
    "plugins": ["wildcard"]
}

see the repo for detailed install info

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This allows you to do this:

import * as Things from './lib/things';

// Do whatever you want with these :D
Things.ThingA;
Things.ThingB;
Things.ThingC;

again, the repo contains further information on what exactly it does, but doing it this way avoids creating index.js files and also happens at compile-time to avoid doing readdirs at runtime.

Also with a newer version you can do exactly like your example:

 import { ThingsA, ThingsB, ThingsC } from './lib/things/*';

works the same as the above.