option to prefix URLs with `file://`

[trusktr]

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Feature Proposal

Maybe something like

fileUrl: true

Feature Use Case

Allows URLs to be imported as file:// URLs. Currently we get an absolute path in the file system when the file is above the limit. In some cases (f.e. NW.js or Electron) it would be simple if the path included file:// so that it works fine with web APIs out of the box.

F.e., instead of

import * as svgUrl from './some.svg'
<img src={"file://" + svgUrl} />

we could write

import * as svgUrl from './some.svg'
<img src={svgUrl} />

which makes the code more portable.

[trusktr]

Oh, I suppose I can use the generator option to return any type or URL that I want?

[alexander-akait]

Yes, for custom generation you can use generator

[alexander-akait]

You can send a PR to docs how to achieve it for other developers