newline-after-import.md

# import/newline-after-import

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).

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Enforces having one or more empty lines after the last top-level import statement or require call.

## Rule Details

This rule supports the following options:

 - `count` which sets the number of newlines that are enforced after the last top-level import statement or require call. This option defaults to `1`.

 - `considerComments` which enforces the rule on comments after the last import-statement as well when set to true. This option defaults to `false`.

Valid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'

const FOO = 'BAR'
```

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'
import { bar }  from 'bar-lib'

const FOO = 'BAR'
```

```js
const FOO = require('./foo')
const BAR = require('./bar')

const BAZ = 1
```

Invalid:

```js
import * as foo from 'foo'
const FOO = 'BAR'
```

```js
import * as foo from 'foo'
const FOO = 'BAR'

import { bar }  from 'bar-lib'
```

```js
const FOO = require('./foo')
const BAZ = 1
const BAR = require('./bar')
```

With `count` set to `2` this will be considered valid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'


const FOO = 'BAR'
```

With `count` set to `2` these will be considered invalid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'
const FOO = 'BAR'
```

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'

const FOO = 'BAR'
```

With `considerComments` set to `false` this will be considered valid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'
// some comment here.
const FOO = 'BAR'
```

With `considerComments` set to `true` this will be considered valid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'

// some comment here.
const FOO = 'BAR'
```

With `considerComments` set to `true` this will be considered invalid:

```js
import defaultExport from './foo'
// some comment here.
const FOO = 'BAR'
```

## Example options usage

```json
{
  "rules": {
    "import/newline-after-import": ["error", { "count": 2 }]
  }
}
```

## When Not To Use It

If you like to visually group module imports with its usage, you don't want to use this rule.