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Solving linter error no-undef for document


I am using airbnb extension for linting my React Project. Now, in my index.js I have:

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';

ReactDOM.render(
  <App />,
  document.getElementById('root'),
);

linter says:

no-undef 'document' is not defined.at line 8 col 3

How can I solve this problem?


Solution

  • There are a number of ways to solve/get around this. The two key ways are to either specify document as global or to set the eslint-env as browser (what you probably want). You can do this 1) in-file, 2) in the configuration, or even 3) when running from the CLI.

    1) In-file:

    1. Set the environment as browser in your file:

      /* eslint-env browser */
      import React from 'react';
      import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
      import App from './App';
      
      ReactDOM.render(
        <App />,
        document.getElementById('root'),
      );
      
    2. Add it as a global in the file itself:

      /* global document */
      import React from 'react';
      import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
      import App from './App';
      
      ReactDOM.render(
        <App />,
        document.getElementById('root'),
      );
      

    2) In the eslint configuration:

    1. Set the environment as browser in the configuration:

      {
        "env": {
          "browser": true,
          "node": true
        }
      }
      
    2. Add it as a global in the configuration:

      {
        "globals": {
          "document": false
        }
      }
      

    3) From the CLI:

    1. Using env: eslint --env browser,node file.js

    2. Using globals: eslint --global document file.js

    Resources:
    Specifying Globals with ESLint
    Specifying Environments with ESLint
    Specifying env with ESLint CLI
    Specifying globals with ESLint CLI