Storybook: require.context is not a function, snapshots, CRA 2

[semb09]

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Bug or support request summary

Bug

After updating to Create React App 2.0 I can no longer run snapshot tests with yarn test. I get the following error

``` FAIL src/storybook.test.js
● Test suite failed to run

TypeError: require.context is not a function

  1 | import { configure } from '@storybook/react';
  2 |
> 3 | const req = require.context('../src', true, /\^*.stories.js$/);
    |                     ^
  4 |
  5 | import '../src/styles/main.css';
  6 |

  at Object.context (.storybook/config.js:3:21)
  at configure (node_modules/@storybook/addon-storyshots/dist/frameworks/configure.js:37:11)
  at Object.load (node_modules/@storybook/addon-storyshots/dist/frameworks/react/loader.js:24:26)
  at loadFramework (node_modules/@storybook/addon-storyshots/dist/frameworks/frameworkLoader.js:41:17)
  at testStorySnapshots (node_modules/@storybook/addon-storyshots/dist/api/index.js:44:53)
  at Object.<anonymous> (src/storybook.test.js:6:1)

```

Steps to reproduce

The code is written exactly as explained in the Quick Star Guide under structural testing https://storybook.js.org/testing/structural-testing/ and was working fine before I upgraded to CRA2. I also updated the versions of Storybook to the latest Beta. And I am also using the new SVG import syntax in CRA2 so I'm not sure which of these things has caused the issue.

Please specify which version of Storybook and optionally any affected addons that you're running

"@storybook/addon-actions": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",
"@storybook/addon-knobs": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",
"@storybook/addon-links": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",
"@storybook/addon-storyshots": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",
"@storybook/addons": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",
"@storybook/react": "^4.0.0-alpha.24",

I read in the Storyshot documentation that you may need to add registerRequireContextHook to your Jest test setup. This was not needed before I made the changes as mentioned above. And as I am using CRA, I only have access to setupTests.js and no way of adding a plugin to the jest babelrc file afaik.

Any help would be really appreciated

[igor-dv]

require.context is a webpack's feature. It was supported before in Storyshots but caused a lot of maintenance troubles and bugs. So Babel currently is the right way to polyfill this behavior.

I think you can put .babelrc at the root level with something like this:

{
  "env": {
    "test": {
      "plugins": ["babel-plugin-require-context-hook"]
    }
  }
}

[semb09]

I tried adding a .babelrc in the .storybook folder with

{
  "plugins": [
      "require-context-hook"
  ]
}

and then

require('babel-plugin-require-context-hook/register')();

just above

const req = require.context('../src', true, /\^*.stories.js$/);

but I still get the error

[igor-dv]

I am not the biggest expert in CRA =), but I see people are using react-app-rewired for that kind of things.

[semb09]

Ok looks like I will have to downgrade to current version of Storybook for time being. react-app-rewired isn't compatible with CRA 2.0 unfortunately. I think a lot of people using require, CRA2 and the next version of Storybook are going to run into this issue.

[igor-dv]

They mention customize-cra in docs.

[semb09]

Thanks. I'm not entirely sure why but the following seems to have fixed the issue 🤞 -

• Added react-app-rewired to app
• Replaced react-scripts with react-app-rewired in package.json scripts (as mentioned in react-app-rewired docs)
• Created an empty file named config-overrides.js in route dir (this is required for react-app-rewired to run). I placed no configuration in this file at all.
• Added custom babelrc file to .storybook directory as above
• Added import registerRequireContextHook from 'babel-plugin-require-context-hook/register'; registerRequireContextHook(); to setupTests.js in src folder

As I did not actually add any overrides I did not need to use customize-cra. If I remove react-app-rewired the issue re-appears.

[ecsmyth]

@semb09,
The solution that I'm using doesn't require react-app-rewired, only babel-plugin-require-context-hook.

jest.config.js

...
  setupTestFrameworkScriptFile: '<rootDir>/testing/setupTestFramework.js',
  transform: {
    '^.+\\.jsx?$': '<rootDir>/testing/transform.js'
  },
...

testing/transform.js

const babelOptions = {
  presets: ['@babel/preset-react', '@babel/preset-env'],
  plugins: ['require-context-hook', 'react-hot-loader/babel', '@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties']
};

module.exports = require('babel-jest').createTransformer(babelOptions);

testing/setupTestFramework.js

import registerRequireContextHook from 'babel-plugin-require-context-hook/register';
import '@babel/polyfill';

registerRequireContextHook();

I do not have a .babelrc or webpack.config.js in my .storybook directory

[MaryGorshkova]

@ecsmyth thank you for your solution!
I tailored it for my TypeScript needs. my transform.ts looks this way:

const babelOptions = {
    plugins: ['require-context-hook'],
};

module.exports = require('ts-jest').createTransformer({ babelConfig: babelOptions });

[mAAdhaTTah]

@ecsmyth Are you using create-react-app (CRA2)? It doesn't look like we can override jest.transform in the configuration, nor does use jest.config.js seem to be working either. Were you / are you on the latest version of CRA?

[ecsmyth]

@mAAdhaTTah, my solution will not work with CRA2 unless you eject or fork react-scripts. Up to you to determine if either of those options is better for you than @semb09's approach.

With CRA2, you can set up the test environment by creating the file src/setupTests.js. This is where you would add the code in the testing/setupTestFramework.js file. However, looking at how the react-scripts package creates the Jest config (<rootDir>/node_modules/react-scripts/scripts/utils/createJestConfig.js) and Babel transformer (<rootDir>/node_modules/react-scripts/config/jest/babelTransform.js), I don't see a way to add the require-context-hook babel plugin.

[kylemh]

👋 @semb09 check out #5015

Hopefully going forward it's a simpler experience for other CRAv2 users 💃

[d3bgger]

Hello

I use require.context only in storybook config for loadStories;

I followed these instructions: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@storybook/addon-storyshots#configure-jest-to-work-with-webpacks-requirecontext

I used the macro, as its the only way to make it work in CRAv2.

Now storybook doesn't build in the normal "development" webpack build. (warnings and errors)

WARNING in ./node_modules/babel-plugin-macros/dist/index.js 62:46-53 Critical dependency: require function is used in a way in which dependencies cannot be statically extracted @ ./node_modules/require-context.macro/require-context.macro.js

WARNING in ./node_modules/import-fresh/index.js 28:8-25 Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression @ ./node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/loaders.js

ERROR in ./node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/readFile.js Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in '...\node_modules\cosmiconfig\dist' @ ./node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/readFile.js 4:11-24

ERROR in ./node_modules/is-directory/index.js Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'fs' in '...\node_modules\is-directory' @ ./node_modules/is-directory/index.js 10:9-22

and 4 more Module not found errors...

thanks

[shilman]

@d3bgger did you look at #5015 ?

[d3bgger]

@d3bgger did you look at #5015 ?

Yes, that's the pr for the doc i linked.

[d3bgger]

turns out that storybook can't find react-scripts config because i use a forked package instead.
"info => Using base config because react-scripts is not installed."
I tested without my forked react-scripts and it works ok.

Any ideas how can i make storybook read the forked config?

[shilman]

@d3bgger The relevant code is here: https://github.com/storybooks/storybook/blob/next/app/react/src/server/cra-config.js

We'll be documenting these presets more comprehensively after the v5 release

[chungskie]

If you're having trouble with require-context.macro, here's a workaround that worked for me.

Install babel-plugin-macros:

yarn add --dev babel-plugin-macros

And add this to a .babelrc in your project root or .storybook directory:

{
  "plugins": ["macros"]
}

[kylemh]

I was watching this issue, but not the damned repo I made... I've gone ahead and spruced that repo up!

[tmpaul06]

For those who stumble onto d3bgger's issue:

const req = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? requireContext('../src', true, /\.stories.js$/) : require.context('../src', true, /\.stories.js$/);

[IstOnline]

The @ecsmyth solution works for me. Thanks

[bastian-hidalgo]

For those who stumble onto d3bgger's issue:

const req = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? requireContext('../src', true, /\.stories.js$/) : require.context('../src', true, /\.stories.js$/);

For those who used it for i18next config:

const req =
  process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test'
    ? __requireContext(__dirname, '..', true, /i18n\.js$/)
    : require.context('..', true, /i18n\.js$/);

Has nothing related to stories, I know, but I came here for the same kind of error, maybe it helps another dev.