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Could not find asset

I link js file in example/index.html this way:

<script src="../lib/src/myjsfile.js"></script>

I run app this way:

pub serve example

And I got in CLI:

[example] GET lib/src/myjsfile.js => Could not find asset mod_lib|example/lib/src/myjsfile.js.

It looks for assets in example directory and ignores part "../". How do I fix that?

Solution

  • Use instead a package path

    <script src="packages/mod_lib/src/myjsfile.js"></script>

    Every file outside the lib/ directory that imports a file from within the lib/ directory needs to use a package import. dart2js also recognizes package imports in above form and replaces them with the actual path in the build output directory.

    I created https://github.com/dart-archive/www.dartlang.org/issues/1593

    packages was a real directory in earlier Dart versions that contained a symlink to ../lib (and all other dependencies specified in pubspec.yaml). A while ago it was replaced by the content of the .packages file. You'll find an entry for the current packages name with a path to the lib directory (and also all dependencies from pubspec.yaml with a path to the download directory in ~/.pub-cache).