Webpack XML Raw Loader.js

// https://webpack.js.org/loaders/raw-loader/

npm install raw-loader --save-dev

// In webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
  ...
  module: {
    rules: [
      ...
      {
        test: /\.xml$/i,
        use: 'raw-loader'
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
}

// In xml.d.ts
declare module "*.xml" {
  const content: any;
  export default content;
}

// In consuming file
import exampleXml from './data/example.xml'

loadFile (): string {
  // Basic example of using the imported module, which is itself a string
  return esbSoapXml
}