import/newline-after-import

An empty line after the imports shows where the dependency list ends and the file's code begins.

The rule checks the last import in each run of imports, and does the same for top-level require() calls. A require() inside a function or a block isn't checked.

--fix adds the missing empty lines.

Configure

Off by default. To turn it on:

[lint.rules]
"import/newline-after-import" = "error" # or "warn"

Every option, set to its default:

[lint.rules]
"import/newline-after-import" = ["error", {
  count = 1,
  exactCount = false,
  considerComments = false,
}]

Examples

Reported:

import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import { join } from "node:path";
const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

const { join } = require("node:path");
const root = join(__dirname, "..");

Not reported:

import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import { join } from "node:path";

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

const { join } = require("node:path");

const root = join(__dirname, "..");

function loadPlugin(name) {
  const plugin = require("./plugins.js");
  return plugin[name];
}

Options

Option	Default	What it does
count	1	The minimum number of empty lines.
exactCount	false	Also report more than count empty lines. --fix doesn't remove them.
considerComments	false	Require the empty lines before a comment that follows the imports. By default a comment can come right after them, and only the distance to the next statement counts.

import { join } from "node:path";

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

import { join } from "node:path";

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

import { join } from "node:path";

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

import { join } from "node:path";
// The root of the repository.

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");

import { join } from "node:path";
// The root of the repository.

const root = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");