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no-var-requires

Disallow require statements except in import statements.

In other words, the use of forms such as var foo = require("foo") are banned. Instead use ES6 style imports or import foo = require("foo") imports.

.eslintrc.cjs
module.exports = {
"rules": {
"@typescript-eslint/no-var-requires": "error"
}
};
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Examples

var foo = require('foo');
const foo = require('foo');
let foo = require('foo');

Options

This rule is not configurable.

When Not To Use It

If you don't care about using newer module syntax, then you will not need this rule.

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