---
title: "How to dynamically import JavaScript modules"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-dynamically-import-javascript-modules-6x2r4cpn6
source_url: https://flaviocopes.com/javascript-dynamic-import/
type: article
source: "Flavio Copes"
published: 2022-05-14T06:12:36.165Z
updated: 2022-05-14T06:12:36.166Z
tags: ["javascript"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 35
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# How to dynamically import JavaScript modules

**[Flavio Copes](https://daily.dev/sources/flaviocopes)** · 1 min read · 35 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

JavaScript Dynamic Imports are a relatively new feature of JavaScript. They let you load modules from a folder without having to know the name of the folder. But doing something like importing test from folder doesn't work. You need to do a dynamic import, in this way:const test = await import ( folder + '/test.js' )

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@lorezz** · 0 upvotes

> Minimal but solves me a lot of problems. Ty.
> ```js
> const thanks = (await import('ty')).default();

**@jovanmedarovic** · 0 upvotes

> Very practic trick for clean code.

**@fahad07khan** · 0 upvotes

> Good to know new way to import the JS files

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