Use `require` instead of `import`

[](https://oss.issuehunt.io/r/gajus/flow-runtime/issues/207)

I just started to use flow-runtime & babel-plugin-flow-runtime, because these are very powerful packages.

This is a:

- [ ] Bug Report
- [x] Feature Request
- [ ] Question
- [ ] Other

Which concerns:

- [ ] flow-runtime
- [X] babel-plugin-flow-runtime
- [ ] flow-runtime-validators
- [ ] flow-runtime-mobx
- [ ] flow-config-parser
- [ ] The documentation website

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### What is the current behaviour?

Currently babel-plugin-flow-runtime generates code like this:

```
import t from 'flow-runtime';
const User = t.type('User', t.object(
t.property('id', t.number()),
t.property('name', t.string())
));
```

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### What is the expected behaviour?

My proposal is generating code like this:

```
const t = require('flow-runtime');
const User = t.type('User', t.object(
t.property('id', t.number()),
t.property('name', t.string())
));
```

If I can use flow-runtime & babel-plugin-flow-runtime without adding another plugin to transpile `import`, it becomes non-intrusive.

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### Which package versions are you using?

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### Submitted pull Requests
- [#287 Add require runtime import option](https://oss.issuehunt.io/r/gajus/flow-runtime/pull/287)
- [#294 feat(plugin): add require runtime import option (issue #207)](https://oss.issuehunt.io/r/gajus/flow-runtime/pull/294)
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No source file or test is named. Start by locating the babel-plugin-flow-runtime entry point that generates the flow-runtime import, then check existing tests for generated output. Done means the plugin can produce the proposed require-based runtime initialization without requiring a separate import-transpilation plugin; note that pull requests #287 and #294 already address this issue.

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