Webpack not loading png's after url-loader is included in web pack.config - node.js

Question

So this is a basic web pack problem that i've seen solved on here before but for some reason I can seem to get web packs to load png's properly.
I've read several of the solutions and have tried many of them unsuccessfully. I've tried requiring the png like <img src=require('someone.png')/> and i've tried importing the image and I still get the same error. The good thing is that it sees the file but it reads the file as a text file.
error
Module build failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected character '�' (1:0)
1 | �PNG
| ^
2 |
3 |
4 | IHD;0��sRGB���
IDATH
Webpacks code
module.exports = {
entry: [
'./src/index.js'
],
output: {
path: __dirname,
publicPath: '/',
filename: 'bundle.js'
},
module: {
loaders: [
{test: /\.(png|jpg)$/, loader: 'url-loader?limit=8192'},
{
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'babel',
query: {
presets: ['react', 'es2015', 'stage-1']
}
// inline base64 URLs for <=8k images, direct URLs for the rest
}]
},
resolve: {
extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx']
},
devServer: {
historyApiFallback: true,
contentBase: './'
}
};
Package.json
{
"name": "moonshot",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Simple starter package for Redux with React and Babel support",
"proxy": "http://loclhost:3090/",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "node ./node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js",
"test": "mocha --compilers js:babel-core/register --require ./test/test_helper.js --recursive ./test",
"test:watch": "npm run test -- --watch"
},
"author": "Austin Scott",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.2.1",
"babel-loader": "^6.2.0",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.1.18",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.1.18",
"chai": "^3.5.0",
"chai-jquery": "^2.0.0",
"file-loader": "^0.9.0",
"jquery": "^2.2.1",
"jsdom": "^8.1.0",
"mocha": "^2.4.5",
"react-addons-test-utils": "^0.14.7",
"url-loader": "^0.5.7",
"webpack": "^1.12.9",
"webpack-dev-server": "^1.14.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"axios": "^0.15.0",
"babel-preset-stage-1": "^6.1.18",
"lodash": "^3.10.1",
"react": "^0.14.3",
"react-dom": "^0.14.3",
"react-redux": "^4.0.0",
"react-router": "^2.0.1",
"redux": "^3.0.4",
"redux-form": "^4.1.3",
"redux-thunk": "^2.1.0"
}
}

Answer 1

If you are getting above error while running the mocha test cases you need to add this to your test_helper.js
// Disable webpack-specific features for tests since
// Mocha doesn't know what to do with them.
['.css', '.scss', '.png', '.jpg'].forEach(ext => {
require.extensions[ext] = () => null;
});