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Using Alias defined in webpack for client side react rendering but when trying to render on Node server using Express having issue.

I have defined some alias in webpack example

resolve: {
    extensions: ['', '.js', '.jsx', '.cjsx', '.coffee', '.json'],
    alias: {
      pages: path.join(__dirname, 'js/MGPages.js'),
    }
  },

but when require my main app file on node server I am getting below error

Error: Cannot find module 'pages'

Client side alias works fine but how can I solve this problem on node server side. I don't want to change the code of importing file on my react component for client side.

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If you're not webpacking the files that node runs (for example if you're using babel-register instead), then the alias won't apply.

If you want to do something like import pages from 'pages' without having to specify a path you might need to use something like rewrite-modules (which is what React does internally).

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