Webpack not creating the HTML file it used to create

Question

I was building a nodejs app (typescript, react, webpack) and the build was working fine. I.e. I got in the output what I expected. A HTML file, with the bundle file I expected.

Suddenly, without any change in my code, webpack is only generating a the bundle javascript file (as usual) but the HTML file is gone, i.e it does not generate any more. Here my webpack config file:

const path = require('path'); const config = { mode: "production", entry: path.resolve(__dirname, "../src/index.tsx"), resolve: { extensions: ['.tsx', '.js'] }, output: { // options related to how webpack emits results path: path.resolve(__dirname, "../dist"), filename: "bundle.js" }, module: { rules: [ { test: /.tsx$|.js$/, loader: "ts-loader" , include: path.resolve(__dirname, "../src") }, ] } } module.exports = config;

Any clue why my HTML file is not generated anymore and how I can recover it? Thank you!

Webpack config is fine. Give us at least any way to reproduce your problem. — PlayMa256
– PlayMa256, Commented Aug 7, 2018 at 17:53
What if you add a filename property in your output ? Like this `filename: "<output-file>.js". — pixlboy
– pixlboy, Commented Aug 7, 2018 at 18:18

yotke · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-08 07:50:09Z

As I know Webpack by default outputs main.js if you do not specify output filename configuration like this code. Try this code:

const path = require('path'); const config = { entry: path.resolve(__dirname, "../src/index.tsx"), resolve: { extensions: ['.tsx', '.js'] }, output: { // options related to how webpack emits results path: path.resolve(__dirname, "../dist"), filename: 'my-first-webpack.bundle.js' }, module: { rules: [ { test: /\.tsx$/, loader: "ts-loader" , include: path.resolve(__dirname, "../src") }, ] } } module.exports = config;

Hi Jose, did you specify output file name in your webpack config file ?

JJ F · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-10 07:37:22Z

So the HTML was actually never created. So the question is obsolete.

I was confused because before there used to be an HTML in the output. But it was not generated by webpack (it came from Typescript script)

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