I want to release a Kotlin/JS module that can be u...

# getting-started

[James]

I want to release a Kotlin/JS module that can be used by other Kotlin projects. One of my worries is that I will have to be declaring external functions for each of the projects using the kotlin library. How should I go on about this?

[hfhbd]

You don't need to mark your functions if you only want to consume it from other Kotlin/JS modules, beside change the visibility to public of course.

[James]

How would I go on about publishing a js package to npm to be consumed by other Kotlin (js) projects without having to declare externals?

[andylamax]

you just have to export them by marking hem with @JsExport annotation

[James]

How would I import this without having to declare externals in another project?

[andylamax]

import is kotlin.js.JsExport

[hfhbd]

You want to write a Kotlin/JS library, export it as JS (via npm) and consume the npm package by another Kotlin/JS project? This is technically possibly using JsExport, but the JS export lacks many Kotlin types and feature, like kotlin.Long, so you need many workarounds. To consume a Kotlin/JS library you should depend on the published jar file instead.

[James]

Thank you @hfhbd! Will it produce a jar file that can be consumed by another Kotlin.js project?

[hfhbd]

Yes