Webpack 2+: How to apply different loaders for files with same extension?

Question

Here's my use-case: Most svgs should be inlined. So I setup a rule like this:

{test: /\.svg$/, use: "svg-inline-loader"},

In some instances I just want the url of an svg rather than inlining it. In webpack 1.x I required them like this: require('path/to/file.svg?external').

Here's the corresponding rule:

{test: /\.svg\?external$/, use: "file-loader!image-webpack-loader"},

It seems like webpack 2 does not include the ? part anymore when testing for a rule since only the first rule is being applied to all my svgs after migrating.

Is there a way around this? Is there maybe a different strategy of how to apply different set of loaders for files of the same extension when requireing them?

PS: I'm aware that I could require the file like this: require('!file-loader!image-webpack-loader!path/to/file.svg') but my loaders are a bit more complex than this and I don't want to repeat their configuration all the time.

PSS: This doesn't seem to work either (it still only applies the first rule)

{test: /\.svg$/, use: "svg-inline-loader", exclude: /\?external/},
{test: /\.svg$/, use: "file-loader?!image-webpack-loader", include: /\?external/}

Answer 1

So I recently attended a talk by webpack's Juho Vepsäläinen and found the answer in this slide:

{
  test: /.css$/,

  oneOf: [
    {
      resourceQuery: /inline/, // foo.css?inline
      use: 'url-loader',
    },
    {
      resourceQuery: /external/, // foo.css?external
      use: 'file-loader',
    },
  ],
}

resourceQuery to the rescue!

Answer 2

resolveLoader.alias will be solution for you.

Your config will look like this:

resolveLoader: {
  alias: {
    myLoader1: "svg-inline-loader", // and much more
    myLoader2: "file-loader!image-webpack-loader" // and much more
  }
}

and usage:

require('myLoader1!path/to/file1.svg');
require('myLoader2!path/to/file2.svg');

---

Or if you want for example myLoader1 config to be default and from time to time use myLoader2 loaders use this kind of config:

{
  test: /\.svg$/,
  use: "svg-inline-loader" // and much more
}

// ...

resolveLoader: {
  alias: {
    myLoader: "file-loader!image-webpack-loader" // and much more
  }
}

and use like this:

require('path/to/file1.svg'); // default svg-inline-loader
require('!myLoader!path/to/file2.svg'); // specific file-loader!image-webpack-loader
// ! at the beginning - disables loaders from default
// and myLoader enables file-loader and image-webpack-loader

PS. I had similar question here it's for webpack 1 but documentation says that resolveLoader.alias works the same.