n/no-missing-import
April 30, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
๐ Disallow import declarations which import missing modules.
๐ผ This rule is enabled in the following configs: ๐ข recommended-module, โ
recommended-script.
This is similar to no-missing-require, but this rule handles import and export declarations.
๐ Rule Details
This rule checks the file paths of import and export declarations.
If the file paths don't exist, this reports these.
Examples of ๐ incorrect code for this rule:
/*eslint n/no-missing-import: "error" */
import typoFile from "./typo-file"; /*ERROR: "./typo-file" is not found.*/
import typoModule from "typo-module"; /*ERROR: "typo-module" is not found.*/
Examples of ๐ correct code for this rule:
/*eslint n/no-missing-import: "error" */
import existingFile from "./existing-file";
import existingModule from "existing-module";
Options
{
"rules": {
"n/no-missing-import": ["error", {
"allowModules": [],
"resolvePaths": ["/path/to/a/modules/directory"]
}]
}
}
allowModules
This can be configured in the rule options or as a shared setting settings.allowModules.
Please see the shared settings documentation for more information.
resolvePaths
This can be configured in the rule options or as a shared setting settings.resolvePaths.
Please see the shared settings documentation for more information.
resolverConfig
This can be configured in the rule options or as a shared setting settings.resolverConfig.
Please see the shared settings documentation for more information.
tsconfigPath
This can be configured in the rule options or as a shared setting settings.tsconfigPath.
Please see the shared settings documentation for more information.
typescriptExtensionMap
This can be configured in the rule options or as a shared setting settings.typescriptExtensionMap.
Please see the shared settings documentation for more information.
ignoreTypeImport
If using typescript, you may want to ignore type imports.
{
"rules": {
"n/no-missing-import": ["error", {
"ignoreTypeImport": true
}]
}
}
In this way, the following code will not be reported:
import type { TypeOnly } from "@types/only-types";