import is not recognized inside function

Question

I have a function that uses some constants that are exported in seperate file.

If I import the constants inside the function it is not working :

export function findLocalizedLabelForValueDomainCode(...) {
    import LOCALE from  './constants';
   // doing staff 
}

however if I replace :

import LOCALE from  './constants';

by

let cst = require( './constants');

it works... have you an idea why I cant use the import syntax in this case ?

FYI : My project is using ES6

Import have to be at the root of the scope: you can't import into a function / class / method... — Alexandre Nicolas, Aug 27 '18 at 13:32
imports need to be outside of functions, is there any particular reason you need to import inside of the function? — Bradey Whitlock, Aug 27 '18 at 13:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '18 at 13:34

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Dynamic importing is currently in stage 2 proposal but you can use it with babel plugin -> https://babeljs.io/docs/en/babel-plugin-syntax-dynamic-import/

answered Aug 27 '18 at 13:34

Maciej Wojsław

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