Polyfillr

polyfillr is a minimalist function to dynamically load polyfills before start your application. The function is inspired by Anuj Nair about the conditionally load of multiple Polyfills using Webpack

Installation

The plugin is available as the polyfillr package name on npm and Github.

npm i --save-dev polyfillr

yarn add --dev polyfillr

Environment

polyfillr was built for Node.js >=8.11.2.

Usage

Webpack need __webpack_public_path__ variable to find the path to dynamically load files. More information in the Webpack documentation.

Load polyfill from node modules

The following example load Array.from polyfill from core-js node modules with dynamic import.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'Array.from',
            test: typeof Array.from !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('core-js/es/array/from')
            }
        }
    ]
});

Callback function when polyfills loaded

The following example load Array.from polyfill from core-js node modules with dynamic import and executed the callback function.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'Array.from',
            test: typeof Array.from !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('core-js/es/array/from');
            }
        }
    ],
    callback: () => {
        console.log('Polyfill loaded');
    }
});

Webpack magic comments

The following example load Array.from polyfill from core-js node modules with dynamic import and add Webpack chunk name polyfill.array-from for the loaded polyfill file.

More information about Webpack magic comments.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'Array.from',
            test: typeof Array.from !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import(/* webpackChunkName: "polyfill.array-from" */ 'core-js/es/array/from');
            }
        }
    ]
});

Load polyfill from local file

The following example load HTMLPictureElement polyfill from ./polyfills project directory with dynamic import.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'HTMLPictureElement',
            test: typeof window.HTMLPictureElement !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('./polyfills/picturefill.min.js');
            }
        }
    ]
});

Multiple polyfills load

The following example load HTMLPictureElement polyfill from ./polyfills project directory and Array.from polyfill from core-js node modules with dynamic import.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'HTMLPictureElement',
            test: typeof window.HTMLPictureElement !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('./polyfills/picturefill.min.js');
            }
        },
        {
            name: 'Array.from',
            test: typeof Array.from !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('core-js/es/array/from');
            }
        }
    ]
});

Debug mode

The following example load Array.from polyfill from core-js node modules with dynamic import and enables debug log in the browser devtools.

const polyfillr = require('polyfillr');

polyfillr({
    polyfills: [
        {
            name: 'Array.from',
            test: typeof Array.from !== 'function',
            load: () => {
                return import('core-js/es/array/from');
            }
        }
    ],
    debug: true
});

Parameters

polyfills

Array

Tells to the function the list of polyfills to load. The polyfills array accept configurations of polyfills with an object with three parameters:

name

String

The name of the polyfill.

test

Boolean

The test to see if we need to download the polyfill to the browser.

load

Function

The function to executes to dynamically import the polyfill file.

callback

Function = () => {}

Tells the optional function to execute when all polyfills are loaded.

debug

Boolean = false

Tells to the function to enable the debug mode. Log messages will be displayed in the browser devtools for every polyfill files load.

Licence

polyfillr is licensed under the MIT License.

Created with ♥ by @yoriiis.