component-config.json

The file component-config.json configures and loads components of a LoopBack application. The file contains a top-level key for each component to load, where the key is the module name of a npm package or the relative path of a local component. For a component to be loaded, the value must be a JavaScript object that does not evaluate to false.

The default file that the Application generator creates is:

{
  "loopback-component-explorer": {
    "mountPath": "/explorer"
  }
}

When configuring a local component, the .js extension is optional. Following is an example of a component-config.json file that loads a component installed using npm, and two local components.

{
  "loopback-component-explorer": {
    "mountPath": "/explorer"
  },
  "./components/my-component.js": {
    "path": "/my-component"
  },
  "./components/new-component": "myApp"
}

As seen in the above example, the configuration properties of components depend on the individual components. Refer to the component’s documentation for details.