Run webpack plugin through angular CLI

Question

how to run webpack plugin via CLI? I found something like that, but this is not what I need. npx webpack plugin

Answer 1

If you use custom-webpack builder

Configure your custom webpack as a function, the parameter that will be injected at build time is the existing webpack configuration - which is the one angular define.

Like so:

webpack.config.js - (which is defined in angular.json architect.buid.options.customWebpackConfig.path)

const merge = require('webpack-merge');
const YourCustomPlugin = require('./YourCustomPlugin');

// Config parameter is Angular default configurations.
module.exports = function(angularConfig) {
    return merge(angularConfig, {
        plugins: [new YourCustomPlugin()],
        ... // other custom webpack configuration
    });
};

Worth mentioning there's another solution with ngx-build-plus

Answer 2

Here's what worked for me. I created another file that does not depend on webpack in any way and ran it through node cli as a regular js file