Getting css output using webpack ExtractTextPlugin

Question

I am trying to get css requires to work in webpack using the ExtractTextPlugin but with no success

I want a separate css file rather than inlining any css.

Answer 1

ExtractTextPlugin needs to be added in two spots: in the Loader, and as a Plugin. Here's the example pulled from the stylesheets documentation.

// webpack.config.js
var ExtractTextPlugin = require("extract-text-webpack-plugin");
module.exports = {
    // The standard entry point and output config
    entry: {
        posts: "./posts",
        post: "./post",
        about: "./about"
    },
    output: {
        filename: "[name].js",
        chunkFilename: "[id].js"
    },
    module: {
        loaders: [
            // Extract css files
            {
                test: /\.css$/,
                loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract("style-loader", "css-loader")
            },
            // Optionally extract less files
            // or any other compile-to-css language
            {
                test: /\.less$/,
                loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract("style-loader", "css-loader!less-loader")
            }
            // You could also use other loaders the same way. I. e. the autoprefixer-loader
        ]
    },
    // Use the plugin to specify the resulting filename (and add needed behavior to the compiler)
    plugins: [
        new ExtractTextPlugin("[name].css")
    ]
}

Answer 2

Using css-loader and style-loader together first parse your CSS, then turn it into style nodes, which can be imported in Webpack just like code. I don't understand why you'd want this artificial relationship built between your JavaScript and your CSS.

The above approach emits CSS again in the end. Why put your code through a round trip like that? Use raw-loader and add your main CSS file to your entry points. You lose any error-checking that css-loader performs, but your compilation happens much faster. But if you're using something like sass-loader, you'll still get all the error checking.

Answer 3

Here's a webpack.config.js that works. I don't use the same directory names you do, but I think you can see the differences and make the needed changes. I'm also including my current module versions.

const path = require('path');
const ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');

const config = {
  entry: './src/index.js',
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'build'),
    filename: 'bundle.js',
    publicPath: 'build/'
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        use: 'babel-loader',
        test: /\.js$/
      },
      {
        loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract({fallback: 'style-loader', use: 'css-loader'}),
        test: /\.css$/
      },
      {
        test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|svg)$/,
        use: [
          {
            loader: 'url-loader',
            options: { limit: 40000 }
          },
          'image-webpack-loader?bypassOnDebug'
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  plugins: [
    new ExtractTextPlugin({filename: 'style.css',
      allChunks: true
    })
  ]
};

module.exports = config;

// and modules:

"devDependencies": {
    "babel-core": "^6.24.1",
    "babel-loader": "^6.4.1",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.3.3",
    "css-loader": "^0.28.0",
    "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^2.0.0-beta.4",
    "file-loader": "^0.11.1",
    "image-webpack-loader": "^3.3.0",
    "style-loader": "^0.16.1",
    "url-loader": "^0.5.8",
    "webpack": "^2.2.0-rc.0"
  }

Answer 4

I have modified your config filenames and how you include them in page

   var path = require('path');
   var webpack = require('webpack');
   var ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  devtool: 'eval',
  entry: [
    'webpack-dev-server/client?http://localhost:3000',
    'webpack/hot/only-dev-server',
    './scripts/index'
  ],
  output: {
    path: path.join(__dirname, 'build'),
    filename: 'scripts/bundle.js',
    publicPath: '/scripts/'
  },
  plugins: [
    new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
    new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),
    new ExtractTextPlugin('styles/styles.css', {
      publicPath: '/styles/',
      allChunks: true
    })
  ],
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx']
  },
  module: {
    loaders: [{
      test: /\.jsx?$/,
      loaders: ['react-hot', 'babel'],
      include: path.join(__dirname, 'scripts')
    },
    {
        test: /\.css$/,
        loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style-loader', 'css-loader')
    }]
  }
};

Following is the html page

<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="build/styles/styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id='root'></div>
  </body>
  <script src="build/scripts/bundle.js"></script>
</html>