How to compile .less files from an npm dependency using webpack? - node.js

Question

I'm using the npm module elemental, which contains a /less folder with all the relevant styling for its react ui. I'm currently trying to do this with less-loader:
/tasks/config/webpack.js:
'use strict';
let path = require('path');
let ExtractTextPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
module.exports = function(grunt) {
grunt.config.set('webpack', {
client: {
entry: {
app: `${process.cwd()}/src/app.jsx`,
},
output: {
filename: '[name].js',
chunkFilename: '[id].js',
path: `${process.cwd()}/dist`,
},
module: {
loaders: [
{
test: /\.jsx?$/,
exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components|dist)/,
loader: 'babel',
query: {
presets: ['react', 'es2015'],
},
},
{
test: /\.less$/,
loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style-loader', 'css-loader!less-loader'),
},
],
},
plugins: [
new ExtractTextPlugin('[name].css'),
],
},
});
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-webpack');
};
/src/app.jsx:
'use strict';
let path = require('path');
require(path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'node_modules/elemental/less/elemental.less'));
But this doesn't seem to work, as it generates a warning:
WARNING in ./src/app.jsx
Critical dependencies:
5:0-82 the request of a dependency is an expression
# ./src/app.jsx 5:0-82
WARNING in ./src ^\.\/.*$
Module not found: Error: a dependency to an entry point is not allowed
# ./src ^\.\/.*$
I'm interpreting this to mean that you can't use require()s that include files from inside node_modules.
Edit
Just to note, there are no .css files output anywhere, nor does the output /dist/app.js work properly.

Answer 1

Why not try just write require('elemental/less/elemental.less'); ?
In your error message: "5:0-82 the request of a dependency is an expression".