Do I store Image assets in public or src in reactJS?
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I am using react for my application. I have a div that I would like to have a background image. But I can't get it to show.
When I include it in the src folder as myapp/src/bgimage.png it works perfectly but I've heard that I should include it in a folder named images at the root level so it's myapp/images/bgimage.png, however this does not work for me and gives me:
> You attempted to import ../images/bgimage.png which falls outside of the project src/ directory.'
Can anyone tell me the proper way to include image assets in reactJS?
Reactjs Solutions
Solution 1 - Reactjs
public: anything that is not used by your app when it compiles
src: anything that is used when the app is compiled
So for example if you use an image inside a component, it should be in the src folder but if you have an image outside the app (i.e. favicon) it should be in public.
Solution 2 - Reactjs
I would add that creating an "assets" folder inside the "src" folder is a good practice.
Solution 3 - Reactjs
Use /src if you are using create-react-app
If you are using create-react-app , You need to use /src for the following benefits.
> 1. Scripts and stylesheets get minified and bundled together to avoid extra network requests. 2. Missing files cause compilation errors instead of 404 errors for your users.
- Result filenames include content hashes so you don’t need to worry about browsers caching their old versions.
Also, if you are using webpack's asset bundling anyway, then your files in /src will be rebuilt.
> You may create subdirectories inside src. For faster rebuilds, only files inside src are processed by webpack. You need to put any JS and CSS files inside src, otherwise webpack won’t see them.
See this link
Solution 4 - Reactjs
No,
public folder is for static file like index.html and ...
I think you should make an "assets" folder in src folder and access them in this way.
Solution 5 - Reactjs
In this article, I mentioned that
> Keep an assets folder that contains top-level CSS, images, and font files.
In react best practices we keep an assets folder inside the src which may contain top-level CSS, images, and font files.
Solution 6 - Reactjs
In continuation with the other answers I would further like to add that you should create an 'assets' folder under 'src' folder and then create 'images' folder under 'assets' folder. You can store your images in the 'images' folder and then access them from there.
Solution 7 - Reactjs
According to the create-react-app documentation, regarding the use of the public folder:
>Normally we recommend importing stylesheets, images, and fonts from JavaScript. The public folder is useful as a workaround for a number of less common cases: > >* You need a file with a specific name in the build output, such as manifest.webmanifest. >* You have thousands of images and need to dynamically reference their paths. >* You want to include a small script like pace.js outside of the bundled code. >* Some libraries may be incompatible with webpack and you have no other option but to include it as a