How to publish a dist folder in npm

Question

I have a javascript library that I want to publish on npm: let's call it foo. The problem is that the javascript files to be consumed by the clients are under a dist folder. Therefore, for the moment the clients has to include dist in their import statement like this:

import { bar } from 'dist/foo'

I would like to allow clients to import the foo library without mentioning dist explicitly, like this:

import { bar } from 'foo'

Is there a way to add a property in package.json of foo or maybe in the package.json of the clients?

Remark: The reason why the javascript files are in a dist folder is because my library is written in clojurescript. Therefore the source files are under src and the generated files are under dist.

Answer 1

You can add a main section in your package.json :

main: If you have a single module that serves as the entry point to your program (like what the "foo" package gives you at require("foo")), then you need to specify that in the "main" field.

ref: https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/developers

But it will only work for a single file, if you need to require multiple files, you should only publish your dist folder :

npm publish dist