Webpack-4 CSS-Loader error unknown word at module.export - css-loader

Question

I'm new at webpack and have been trying to implement it for a legacy site. No matter how many solutions I try I always get 'Unknown word' error on build using sass/raw/css/loaders. The error seems to happen at 'module.export' which is, I guess, added as a result of importing a style sheet in .js file. Here is my webpack.config.js:
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: {
loader: "babel-loader",
options: { presets: ["env"] }
}
},
{ // sass / scss loader for webpack
test: /\.(sass|scss)$/,
use: [
'css-loader',
'raw-loader',
'sass-loader'
],
exclude: /node_modules/
},
{
test: /\.(png|jpg|gif|svg)$/,
use: [ 'file-loader' ]
}
]
}
In index.js:
`import '../css/global.scss';`
The global.scss file consists of a list of #import statements.
Here is the error I get:
ERROR in ./css/analytics/global.scss
Module build failed: Unknown word (1:1)
> 1 | module.exports = ".custom {\n (...)
It seems that no matter what is on the global.scss file, the appended 'module.exports' appears to break the build.
I have tried many suggestions on the internet but none have worked.
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I figured out what I was doing wrong. The raw-loader wasn't the right loader for this situation, though it 'looked' like it had solved the issue of getting urls resolved. I replaced it with resolve-url-loader, plus a few more tweaks. Here is the result:
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
use: {
loader: "babel-loader",
options: { presets: ["env"] }
}
},
{ // sass / scss loader for webpack
test: /\.(sass|scss)$/,
use: [
'style-loader',
'css-loader',
'resolve-url-loader',
'sass-loader?sourceMap'
],
},
{
test: /\.(jpg|png|gif)$/,
use: {
loader: "file-loader",
options: {
name: "[path][name].[hash].[ext]",
},
},
},
{
test: /\.svg$/,
use: "file-loader",
},
{
test: /\.(woff(2)?|ttf|eot|svg)(\?v=\d+\.\d+\.\d+)?$/,
use: [{
loader: 'file-loader',
options: {
name: '[name].[ext]',
outputPath: PATH_CONFIGS.global_path + '/fonts'
}
}]
}
]
So I am guessing the 'unknown word' error is a somewhat generic response that can point to many possible issues. Hope this helps someone who is in a similar situation.