library.md

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@nrwl/nest:library generator	Create a new NestJS library.

@nrwl/nest:library

Create a new NestJS library.

Usage

nx generate library ...

nx g lib ... # same

By default, Nx will search for library in the default collection provisioned in workspace.json.

You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:

nx g @nrwl/nest:library ...

Show what will be generated without writing to disk:

nx g library ... --dry-run

Examples

Generate libs/myapp/mylib:

nx g lib mylib --directory=myapp

Options

name (required)

Type: string

Library name.

buildable

Default: false

Type: boolean

Generate a buildable library.

controller

Default: false

Type: boolean

Include a controller with the library.

directory

Alias(es): dir

Type: string

A directory where the library is placed.

global

Default: false

Type: boolean

Add the Global decorator to the generated module.

importPath

Type: string

The library name used to import it, like @myorg/my-awesome-lib. Must be a valid npm name.

linter

Default: eslint

Type: string

Possible values: eslint, none

The tool to use for running lint checks.

publishable

Type: boolean

Create a publishable library.

service

Default: false

Type: boolean

Include a service with the library.

setParserOptionsProject

Default: false

Type: boolean

Whether or not to configure the ESLint "parserOptions.project" option. We do not do this by default for lint performance reasons.

skipFormat

Default: false

Type: boolean

Skip formatting files.

skipTsConfig

Default: false

Type: boolean

Do not update tsconfig.base.json for development experience.

standaloneConfig

Default: true

Type: boolean

Split the project configuration into /project.json rather than including it inside workspace.json

strict

Default: false

Type: boolean

Whether to enable tsconfig strict mode or not.

tags

Alias(es): t

Type: string

Add tags to the library (used for linting).

target

Default: es6

Type: string

Possible values: es5, es6, esnext, es2015, es2016, es2017, es2018, es2019, es2020

The ES target, Nest suggest using es6 or higher.

testEnvironment

Default: node

Type: string

Possible values: jsdom, node

The test environment for jest, for node applications this should stay as node unless doing DOM testing.

unitTestRunner

Default: jest

Type: string

Possible values: jest, none

Test runner to use for unit tests.