How to import popper.js?

45
votes

It seems to be a lame question, but I cannot figure it out. How to import popper.js which comes together with Bootstrap 4 beta?

I use Bower, and I've installed Bootstrap 4 beta. Now in the bower_components folder, there is the popper.js directory, which contains a few sub-folders. The problem is there is no dist folder and the popper.min.js file.

Bootstrap 4 guide links to CDN: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.11.0/umd/popper.min.js.

How to import popper.js without CDN? Where to find the popper.min.js file?

EDIT: Even if I download a zip file from the popper.js website, it contains the same files as I've downloaded from Bower.

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javascriptbootstrap-4popper.js
Download it (from the CDN) to your server directory, and refer from there?! - Nisarg
The file you have linked to creates a Popper variable, so downloading that file and importing it via <script> should work. - yuriy636
I would like to user bower to be able to easily update scripts in future. - Qrzysio
Bower is deprecated, use npm - Fez Vrasta

12 Answers

35
votes

I ran into the same problem.

I downloaded the 'popper.min.js' file from the CDN on the bootstrap website.

See here: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.11.0/umd/popper.min.js

Easier than compiling the project.

Important: You must include popper after jquery but BEFORE bootstrap.

14
votes

The official way to install Popper.js is trough npm, Yarn or NuGet.

Use either one of the following commands :

npm i popper.js
yarn add popper.js
PM> Install-Package popper.js

Everything is described in the library readme.

Regarding the "downloads the zip", the zip clearly states that it contains the source code of the library.

Edit:

Starting from version 1.12.0, Popper.js is available as Bower dependency.

This installation method is going to be supported only for the 1.x version of Popper.js and will be removed in 2.x.

You should migrate your dependencies management to a modern system like npm or Yarn, as Bower suggests as well.

8
votes

Ways to get popper.js: Package, CDN, and Local file

The best way depends on whether you have a project with a package manager like npm.

Package manager
If you're using a package manager, use it to get popper.js like this:

npm install popper.js --save

CDN
For a prototype or playground environment (like http://codepen.io) or may just want a url to a CDN file:

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.min.js

note: Bootstrap 4 requires the versions under the umd path (more info on popper/bs4).

Local file

Just save one of the CDN files to use locally. For example, paste one of these URLs in a browser, then Save As... to get a local copy.

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.min.js

7
votes

I had the same problem. Tried different approches, but this one worked for me. Read the instruction from http://getbootstrap.com/.

Copy the CDN paths of Javascripts (Popper, jQuery and Bootstrap) in same manner (it is important) as given.

enter image description here

<head>
//Path to jQuery
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

////Path to Popper - it is for dropsdowns etc in bootstrap
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-vFJXuSJphROIrBnz7yo7oB41mKfc8JzQZiCq4NCceLEaO4IHwicKwpJf9c9IpFgh" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

//Path to bootsrap
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-alpBpkh1PFOepccYVYDB4do5UnbKysX5WZXm3XxPqe5iKTfUKjNkCk9SaVuEZflJ" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>
6
votes

I really don't understand why Javascript world trying to do thing more complicated. Why not just download and include in html? Trying to have something like Maven in Java? But we have to manually include it in html anyway? So, what is the point? Maybe someday I will understand but not now.

This is how I can get it

  • download & install NodeJs
  • run "npm install popper.js --save"

  • then I get this message

    [email protected] added 1 package in 1.215s

  • then where is "add package" ? very informative , right? I found it in my C:\Users\surasin\node_modules\popper.js\dist

Hope this help

3
votes

add popper**.js** as dependency instead of popper (only): see the difference in bold.

yarn add popper.js , instead of yarn add popper

it makes the difference.

and include the script according your needs:

as html or the library access as a dependency in SPA applications like react or angular

2
votes

IN bootstrap 4 you need to add popper js for tooltip, I also don`t understand why bootstrap 4 includes external popper.js, It means bootstrap makes more complicated instead of easy when upgrading to the latest versions.

You can import popper js before bootstrap on angular or a simple html, Angular import would be like this

npm install popper.js --save

then go to .angular-cli.json and change the order like below.

 "scripts": [
        "../node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.slim.min.js",
        "../node_modules/tether/dist/js/tether.min.js", 
        "../node_modules/popper.js/dist/umd/popper.js",              
        "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"
      ],

you can also use CDN direct call popper js into your any project.

https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.5/umd/popper.min.js

0
votes

It turns out that Popper.js doesn't provide compiled files on its GitHub repository. Therefore, one has to compile the project on his/her own or download compiled files from CDNs. It cannot be automatically imported.

0
votes

You can download and import all of Bootstrap, and Popper, with a single command using Fetch Injection:

fetchInject([
  'https://npmcdn.com/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js',
  'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/popper.js/1.0.0-beta.3/popper.min.js'
], fetchInject([
  'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.slim.min.js',
  'https://npmcdn.com/[email protected]/dist/js/tether.min.js'
]));

Add CSS files if you need those too. Adjust versions and external sources to meet your needs and consider using sub-resource integrity checking if you're not hosting the files on your own domain or don't trust the source.

0
votes

I deleted any existing popper directories, then ran 

npm install --save popper.js angular-popper
0
votes

Install popper.js with spesific version number like this:

bower install popper.js@^1.16.0

Now u can find dist folder and popper.min.js file.

0
votes

first install propperJs from by yarn

yarn add popper.js

then you can import it like this

import Popper from "popper.js";