eslint-plugin-n

Additional ESLint's rules for Node.js

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import eslintPluginN from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/eslint-plugin-n';
</script>

README

eslint-plugin-n

forked from eslint-plugin-node v11.1.0. as the original repository seems no longer maintained.

npm version Downloads/month Build Status Coverage Status Dependency Status

Additional ESLint's rules for Node.js

💿 Install & Usage

$ npm install --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-n
  • Requires Node.js >=12.22.0
  • Requires ESLint >=7.0.0

Note: It recommends a use of the "engines" field of package.json. The "engines" field is used by n/no-unsupported-features/* rules.

.eslintrc.json (An example)

{
    "extends": ["eslint:recommended", "plugin:n/recommended"],
    "parserOptions": {
        // Only ESLint 6.2.0 and later support ES2020.
        "ecmaVersion": 2020
    },
    "rules": {
        "n/exports-style": ["error", "module.exports"],
        "n/file-extension-in-import": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-global/buffer": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-global/console": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-global/process": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-global/url-search-params": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-global/url": ["error", "always"],
        "n/prefer-promises/dns": "error",
        "n/prefer-promises/fs": "error"
    }
}

package.json (An example)

{
    "name": "your-module",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "type": "commonjs",
    "engines": {
        "node": ">=8.10.0"
    }
}

📖 Rules

  • ⭐️ - the mark of recommended rules.
  • ✒️ - the mark of fixable rules.

Possible Errors

Rule ID Description
n/handle-callback-err require error handling in callbacks
n/no-callback-literal ensure Node.js-style error-first callback pattern is followed
n/no-exports-assign disallow the assignment to exports ⭐️
n/no-extraneous-import disallow import declarations which import extraneous modules ⭐️
n/no-extraneous-require disallow require() expressions which import extraneous modules ⭐️
n/no-missing-import disallow import declarations which import non-existence modules ⭐️
n/no-missing-require disallow require() expressions which import non-existence modules ⭐️
n/no-new-require disallow new operators with calls to require
n/no-path-concat disallow string concatenation with __dirname and __filename
n/no-process-exit disallow the use of process.exit()
n/no-unpublished-bin disallow bin files that npm ignores ⭐️
n/no-unpublished-import disallow import declarations which import private modules ⭐️
n/no-unpublished-require disallow require() expressions which import private modules ⭐️
n/no-unsupported-features/es-builtins disallow unsupported ECMAScript built-ins on the specified version ⭐️
n/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax disallow unsupported ECMAScript syntax on the specified version ⭐️
n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins disallow unsupported Node.js built-in APIs on the specified version ⭐️
n/process-exit-as-throw make process.exit() expressions the same code path as throw ⭐️
n/shebang suggest correct usage of shebang ⭐️✒️

Best Practices

Rule ID Description
n/no-deprecated-api disallow deprecated APIs ⭐️

Stylistic Issues

Rule ID Description
n/callback-return require return statements after callbacks
n/exports-style enforce either module.exports or exports
n/file-extension-in-import enforce the style of file extensions in import declarations ✒️
n/global-require require require() calls to be placed at top-level module scope
n/no-mixed-requires disallow require calls to be mixed with regular variable declarations
n/no-process-env disallow the use of process.env
n/no-restricted-import disallow specified modules when loaded by import declarations
n/no-restricted-require disallow specified modules when loaded by require
n/no-sync disallow synchronous methods
n/prefer-global/buffer enforce either Buffer or require("buffer").Buffer
n/prefer-global/console enforce either console or require("console")
n/prefer-global/process enforce either process or require("process")
n/prefer-global/text-decoder enforce either TextDecoder or require("util").TextDecoder
n/prefer-global/text-encoder enforce either TextEncoder or require("util").TextEncoder
n/prefer-global/url-search-params enforce either URLSearchParams or require("url").URLSearchParams
n/prefer-global/url enforce either URL or require("url").URL
n/prefer-promises/dns enforce require("dns").promises
n/prefer-promises/fs enforce require("fs").promises

Deprecated rules

These rules have been deprecated in accordance with the deprecation policy, and replaced by newer rules:

Rule ID Replaced by
n/no-hide-core-modules (nothing)
n/no-unsupported-features n/no-unsupported-features/es-syntax and n/no-unsupported-features/es-builtins

🔧 Configs

This plugin provides three configs:

  • plugin:n/recommended considers both CommonJS and ES Modules. If "type":"module" field existed in package.json then it considers files as ES Modules. Otherwise it considers files as CommonJS. In addition, it considers *.mjs files as ES Modules and *.cjs files as CommonJS.
  • plugin:n/recommended-module considers all files as ES Modules.
  • plugin:n/recommended-script considers all files as CommonJS.

Those preset config:

  • enable no-process-exit rule because the official document does not recommend a use of process.exit().
  • enable plugin rules which are given :star: in the above table.
  • add {ecmaVersion: 2019} and etc into parserOptions.
  • add proper globals into globals.
  • add this plugin into plugins.

👫 FAQ

🚥 Semantic Versioning Policy

eslint-plugin-n follows semantic versioning and ESLint's Semantic Versioning Policy.

  • Patch release (intended to not break your lint build)
    • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting fewer errors.
    • Improvements to documentation.
    • Non-user-facing changes such as refactoring code, adding, deleting, or modifying tests, and increasing test coverage.
    • Re-releasing after a failed release (i.e., publishing a release that doesn't work for anyone).
  • Minor release (might break your lint build)
    • A bug fix in a rule that results in it reporting more errors.
    • A new rule is created.
    • A new option to an existing rule is created.
    • An existing rule is deprecated.
  • Major release (likely to break your lint build)
    • A support for old Node version is dropped.
    • A support for old ESLint version is dropped.
    • An existing rule is changed in it reporting more errors.
    • An existing rule is removed.
    • An existing option of a rule is removed.
    • An existing config is updated.

📰 Changelog

❤️ Contributing

Welcome contributing!

Please use GitHub's Issues/PRs.

Development Tools

  • npm test runs tests and measures coverage.
  • npm run coverage shows the coverage result of npm test command.
  • npm run clean removes the coverage result of npm test command.