library

Create a new NestJS library.

Usage

nx generate library ...
nx g lib ... # same
By default, Nx will search for library in the default collection provisioned in workspace.json.
You can specify the collection explicitly as follows:
nx g @nrwl/nest:library ...
Show what will be generated without writing to disk:
nx g library ... --dry-run

Examples

Generate libs/myapp/mylib:
nx g lib mylib --directory=myapp

Options

name (required)

Type: string
Library name.

buildable

Default: false
Type: boolean
Generate a buildable library.

controller

Default: false
Type: boolean
Include a controller with the library.

directory

Alias(es): d
Type: string
A directory where the library is placed.

global

Default: false
Type: boolean
Add the Global decorator to the generated module.

importPath

Type: string
The library name used to import it, like @myorg/my-awesome-lib. Must be a valid npm name.

linter

Default: eslint
Type: string
Possible values: eslint, none
The tool to use for running lint checks.

publishable

Type: boolean
Create a publishable library.

service

Default: false
Type: boolean
Include a service with the library.

skipFormat

Default: false
Type: boolean
Skip formatting files.

skipTsConfig

Default: false
Type: boolean
Do not update tsconfig.base.json for development experience.

strict

Default: false
Type: boolean
Whether to enable tsconfig strict mode or not.

tags

Alias(es): t
Type: string
Add tags to the library (used for linting).

target

Default: es6
Type: string
Possible values: es5, es6, esnext, es2015, es2016, es2017, es2018, es2019, es2020
The ES target, Nest suggest using es6 or higher.

testEnvironment

Default: node
Type: string
Possible values: jsdom, node
The test environment for jest, for node applications this should stay as node unless doing DOM testing.

unitTestRunner

Default: jest
Type: string
Possible values: jest, none
Test runner to use for unit tests.