Webpack - Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression

Question

I am getting three warning messages when importing request in a barebone webpack project. A minimal example to reproduce the bug is available on GitHub (run

Answer 1

Solved with npm install request@2.79.0 --save

According to the authors of ajv, the issue will likely be resolved in the latest version of request in a few weeks' time.

Answer 2

Replace this

new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin(
        /angular(\\|\/)core(\\|\/)@angular/,
        helpers.root('./src'), // location of your src
        {} // a map of your routes
    ),

with this-

new webpack.ContextReplacementPlugin( /(.+)?angular(\\|\/)core(.+)?/, root('./src'), {} )

Answer 3

This warning can be linked to packages injections in (dependancies or devDependencies).

If the problem suddenly appears, check the last modification in your package.json.

Consider removing package-lock.json if you plan to relaunch an npm install.