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Error Importing Image into React Component

I have an images folder with one image stock.jpg in it. When I try to import it into my Movie component with import {stock} from '../images/stock.jpg' I get an error Attempted import error: 'stock' is not exported from '../images/stock.jpg'. The file path in the import looks fine to me, here's my directory structure
What am I doing wrong?

Try again to export without {}
import ImageJPG from "../images/stock.jpg";
If it is svg
import {ReactComponent as ImageSVG} from "../images/stock.svg"

Is it possible to destructure image folder files in React Component?

I'm creating a react app. I have an image folder with a few files. In order for React to render the image I have to import it like I import other modules. Something like this:
What I want to do is import the whole image folder, and then find a way to access each file in my Component. for example:
import img from '.../img'
In my JSX, I want to be able to access each of the files from the imported image folder.
Is it possible to do?

You still need to import those images in some place. For cleaner syntax in your main component file, I will group the image files in 1 file
//grouping images in one module. Let's say it is image.js
import imageA from <your-patha>
import imageB from <your-pathb>
import imageC from <your-pathc>
export default {
imgA: imageA,
imgB: imageB,
imgC: imageC
}
//Home component
import Images from '<image.js path>'
const Home = () => {
return (
<img src={Images.imgA} //...other props />
)
}

The best way to do this is you can put all your images in the public folder and refer like below on component.
<img src="/image.jpg" alt="image" />

What does import * do in Javascript?

I was browsing through this repo on Github and was trying to comprehend the working of the code
Here, the author (or programmer) have mentioned import * at multiple places so I am trying to comprehend and understand how import * work?
First in Game.js file of his repo he have mentioned/written like this
import * as actions from '../actions';
In VS Code, when if I click on '../actions using command It is redirecting me to this file -> index.js
then in Index.js they have something like this
import * as ActionTypes from './action-types';
when I click on ./action-types it redirects me to here action-types.js
I went through firefox docs but I wasn't able to clearly make sense for the first example like for one, the action folder contains multiple files and how does import * as actions from '../actions'; mean index.js file
While i get he have called/referenced the functions using actions.functionName() or ActionType.TypeName
My Prime question remains
how does import * as actions from '../actions'; mean index.js file ?

The import * as name syntax imports all exported content of a javascript file.
For example, if you want to import an entire module's contents, then access the doAllTheAmazingThings() function
import * as myModule from '/modules/my-module.js';
myModule.doAllTheAmazingThings();
From the docs

Import in js is new syntax of ES6 to import a module it has the same work of require but its easier to filter what do you want in a module
In your example you import * as actions from '../actions'; you import all function from ../actions file
its same to do const actions = require('../actions')
but its easier to manage what you want
this syntax is not work on all browser so be sure to use transpiler with babel or other
you can see this syntax in python too

When you reference a directory in an import statement, it looks and loads the index.js file in that directory. What I usually do there is export classes and functions under that directory in a grouped object, so they can be easily accessed:
For instance in index.js I export sth like:
{
Class1,
method1
}
where each is imported as such:
import Class1 from './Class1';
So they just group the classes/methods/... that are in files in the directory.
Then you can easily access it as such:
import { Class1, method1 } from './mymodule';
vs
import Class1 from './mymodule/Class1';

Automatically import modules with the same file suffix

I am currently setting up my Redux store and importing many different reducer files. This is beginning to look messy and wanted to know if there was a way to import all modules with the same file suffix. So currently...
import reducerOne from '../fileOne/one.reducer.js;
import reducerTwo from '../fileTwo/two.reducer.js;
import reducerThree from '../pathThree/fileThree/three.reducer.js;
import reducerFour from '../four.reducer.js;
import reducerFive from './five.reducer.js;
import reducerSix from '../longPathSix/pathSix/fileSix/six.reducer.js;
import reducerSeven from '../pathSeven/seven.reducer.js;
Is there a way that I can import all 'reducer.js' files instead of manually import each module separately when each of the file paths is different?

As written in the duplicate question:
If you create an extra file reducers.js, with this definition:
import reducerOne from '../fileOne/one.reducer.js;
import reducerTwo from '../fileTwo/two.reducer.js;
import reducerThree from '../pathThree/fileThree/three.reducer.js;
import reducerFour from '../four.reducer.js;
import reducerFive from './five.reducer.js;
import reducerSix from '../longPathSix/pathSix/fileSix/six.reducer.js;
import reducerSeven from '../pathSeven/seven.reducer.js;
export {
reducerOne,
reducerTwo,
reducerThree,
reducerFour,
reducerFive,
reducerSix,
reducerSeven
};
Then you can use this in your main file:
import { reducerOne, reducerTwo, reducerThree, reducerFour, reducerFive, reducerSix, reducerSeven } from '../reducers.js';
You basically 'bundle' all your reducers into one file with only one path. And since it's very few syntax, automating it to create such a file is trivial.

Good practice to import images in ReactJS?

I am adding multiple images in my web page by placing each image in same directory that of components (see screenshot) How can I place the image files in another folder and then access them inside my components.
content.js:
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import java from './java.png';
import neural from './neural.png';
import future from './future.gif';
import neuralnet from './neuralnet.jpg';
import dsa from './dsa.png';
import dl from './dl.jpg';
import ml from './ml.jpg';
import python from './python.png';
import ai from './ai.jpg';
<img className="futuregif" src={future} alt="gif" height="240" width="320"></img>
<img className="javacardimg" src={java} alt="Java" height="65" width="65"></img>
<img className="neuralcardimg" src={neural} alt="neural" height="65" width="65"></img>
and so on.. for all other images
Components and image files are getting mixed together is there any other specific way to do it by making a image folder but then what should be the path in src="".
File structure:

To clarify my comment.
Create a directory assets containing all your assets like images.
Then import the right path and load your content like:
import neural from './assets/images/neural.png';
class myComponent extends Component {
render() {
return (<div><img src={neural} alt=""/></div>);
}
}

In my point of view you can create a js file and export const imageName. in const you can specify your image path.
constant.js
import React from 'react';
import java from './java.png';
export const javaImg = java;
Then in your component file you need to import that js file and you can use those const according to your requirement.
Component
import constant from './constant';
class x extends Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
console.log(constant.javaImg);
}
}
export default x;
If you are importing images in same component it'll work but the component will become a lengthy and complex looking.
so my suggestion is like this.