I changed my imports from:

import blah from './modules/blah'

to

import blah from './modules.blah.js'

Ran into this if I'm importing typescript code from a react library but for a backend script, in this case mocha tests. Its expecting .ts files but finding .tsx files I think.

In my case I had to move some functions from the .tsx react files into the .ts backend code I was working with.

Remove "type": "module" from package.json

https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/935

If you don't want to remove "type": "module" (for example if you're using import statements in your .ts which allows the inference of types from modules), then you can use the following option in tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "esModuleInterop": true,
  }
}

And then you can start the server with the config using ts-node.

Install:

npm install -g ts-node

Run:

ts-node my_server.ts

use

node --loader ts-node/esm ./my-script.ts

instead of

ts-node ./my-script.ts

before this:

node --loader ts-node/esm ./my-script.ts

I had to update ssri

npm update ssri --depth 5

Add this to tsconfig.json

{
  /* ... your props ... */

  "ts-node": {
    "compilerOptions": {
      "module": "CommonJS"
    }
  }
}

I'm running VS-Code v1.63.2

1. open package.json in your project
2. You should see a > Debug above 'scripts` (see image)
3. click on that
4. choose script you wish to debug
5. script will run and stop at first breakpoint

In your package.json {Module:commonJS}, and tsconfig.json {module:commonJS},to ts-node youname.ts

Update: Thanks to some maintainers, a working solution is now officially documented by webpack. Just take a small look at the official webpack documentation.

The second solution is similar to other answers here and works perfectly fine in my case.

I followed advice given herein. I also had to uninstall lodash-es and install lodash instead to make it work.

I made some changes on my package.json & tsconfig.json.Finally, it worked for me!

1. Add "type": "module" to package.json
2. Uncomment "moduleResolution": "node" section in your tsconfig.json
3. Change "module" section to "ESNEXT" in your tsconfig.json
4. Then Just Run the main script with this node --loader ts-node/esm .\index.ts

tsconfig.json

{
"compilerOptions": {
/* Visit https://aka.ms/tsconfig.json to read more about this file */

/* Projects */
// "incremental": true,                              /* Enable incremental compilation */
// "composite": true,                                /* Enable constraints that allow a TypeScript project to be used with project references. */
// "tsBuildInfoFile": "./",                          /* Specify the folder for .tsbuildinfo incremental compilation files. */
// "disableSourceOfProjectReferenceRedirect": true,  /* Disable preferring source files instead of declaration files when referencing composite projects */
// "disableSolutionSearching": true,                 /* Opt a project out of multi-project reference checking when editing. */
// "disableReferencedProjectLoad": true,             /* Reduce the number of projects loaded automatically by TypeScript. */

/* Language and Environment */
"target": "es5",                                     /* Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations. */
// "lib": [],                                        /* Specify a set of bundled library declaration files that describe the target runtime environment. */
// "jsx": "preserve",                                /* Specify what JSX code is generated. */
// "experimentalDecorators": true,                   /* Enable experimental support for TC39 stage 2 draft decorators. */
// "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,                    /* Emit design-type metadata for decorated declarations in source files. */
// "jsxFactory": "",                                 /* Specify the JSX factory function used when targeting React JSX emit, e.g. 'React.createElement' or 'h' */
// "jsxFragmentFactory": "",                         /* Specify the JSX Fragment reference used for fragments when targeting React JSX emit e.g. 'React.Fragment' or 'Fragment'. */
// "jsxImportSource": "",                            /* Specify module specifier used to import the JSX factory functions when using `jsx: react-jsx*`.` */
// "reactNamespace": "",                             /* Specify the object invoked for `createElement`. This only applies when targeting `react` JSX emit. */
// "noLib": true,                                    /* Disable including any library files, including the default lib.d.ts. */
// "useDefineForClassFields": true,                  /* Emit ECMAScript-standard-compliant class fields. */

/* Modules */
"module": "ESNEXT",  // ****HERE                          /* Specify what module code is generated. */
// "rootDir": "./",                                  /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */
"moduleResolution": "node",   // ****HERE                     /* Specify how TypeScript looks up a file from a given module specifier. */
// "baseUrl": "./",                                  /* Specify the base directory to resolve non-relative module names. */
// "paths": {},                                      /* Specify a set of entries that re-map imports to additional lookup locations. */
// "rootDirs": [],                                   /* Allow multiple folders to be treated as one when resolving modules. */
// "typeRoots": [],                                  /* Specify multiple folders that act like `./node_modules/@types`. */
// "types": [],                                      /* Specify type package names to be included without being referenced in a source file. */
// "allowUmdGlobalAccess": true,                     /* Allow accessing UMD globals from modules. */
// "resolveJsonModule": true,                        /* Enable importing .json files */
// "noResolve": true,                                /* Disallow `import`s, `require`s or `<reference>`s from expanding the number of files TypeScript should add to a project. */

/* JavaScript Support */
// "allowJs": true,                                  /* Allow JavaScript files to be a part of your program. Use the `checkJS` option to get errors from these files. */
// "checkJs": true,                                  /* Enable error reporting in type-checked JavaScript files. */
// "maxNodeModuleJsDepth": 1,                        /* Specify the maximum folder depth used for checking JavaScript files from `node_modules`. Only applicable with `allowJs`. */

/* Emit */
// "declaration": true,                              /* Generate .d.ts files from TypeScript and JavaScript files in your project. */
// "declarationMap": true,                           /* Create sourcemaps for d.ts files. */
// "emitDeclarationOnly": true,                      /* Only output d.ts files and not JavaScript files. */
// "sourceMap": true,                                /* Create source map files for emitted JavaScript files. */
// "outFile": "./",                                  /* Specify a file that bundles all outputs into one JavaScript file. If `declaration` is true, also designates a file that bundles all .d.ts output. */
// "outDir": "./",                                   /* Specify an output folder for all emitted files. */
// "removeComments": true,                           /* Disable emitting comments. */
// "noEmit": true,                                   /* Disable emitting files from a compilation. */
// "importHelpers": true,                            /* Allow importing helper functions from tslib once per project, instead of including them per-file. */
// "importsNotUsedAsValues": "remove",               /* Specify emit/checking behavior for imports that are only used for types */
// "downlevelIteration": true,                       /* Emit more compliant, but verbose and less performant JavaScript for iteration. */
// "sourceRoot": "",                                 /* Specify the root path for debuggers to find the reference source code. */
// "mapRoot": "",                                    /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */
// "inlineSourceMap": true,                          /* Include sourcemap files inside the emitted JavaScript. */
// "inlineSources": true,                            /* Include source code in the sourcemaps inside the emitted JavaScript. */
// "emitBOM": true,                                  /* Emit a UTF-8 Byte Order Mark (BOM) in the beginning of output files. */
// "newLine": "crlf",                                /* Set the newline character for emitting files. */
// "stripInternal": true,                            /* Disable emitting declarations that have `@internal` in their JSDoc comments. */
// "noEmitHelpers": true,                            /* Disable generating custom helper functions like `__extends` in compiled output. */
// "noEmitOnError": true,                            /* Disable emitting files if any type checking errors are reported. */
// "preserveConstEnums": true,                       /* Disable erasing `const enum` declarations in generated code. */
// "declarationDir": "./",                           /* Specify the output directory for generated declaration files. */

/* Interop Constraints */
// "isolatedModules": true,                          /* Ensure that each file can be safely transpiled without relying on other imports. */
// "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,             /* Allow 'import x from y' when a module doesn't have a default export. */
"esModuleInterop": true,                             /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` for type compatibility. */
// "preserveSymlinks": true,                         /* Disable resolving symlinks to their realpath. This correlates to the same flag in node. */
"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,            /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */

/* Type Checking */
"strict": true,                                      /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
// "noImplicitAny": true,                            /* Enable error reporting for expressions and declarations with an implied `any` type.. */
// "strictNullChecks": true,                         /* When type checking, take into account `null` and `undefined`. */
// "strictFunctionTypes": true,                      /* When assigning functions, check to ensure parameters and the return values are subtype-compatible. */
// "strictBindCallApply": true,                      /* Check that the arguments for `bind`, `call`, and `apply` methods match the original function. */
// "strictPropertyInitialization": true,             /* Check for class properties that are declared but not set in the constructor. */
// "noImplicitThis": true,                           /* Enable error reporting when `this` is given the type `any`. */
// "useUnknownInCatchVariables": true,               /* Type catch clause variables as 'unknown' instead of 'any'. */
// "alwaysStrict": true,                             /* Ensure 'use strict' is always emitted. */
// "noUnusedLocals": true,                           /* Enable error reporting when a local variables aren't read. */
// "noUnusedParameters": true,                       /* Raise an error when a function parameter isn't read */
// "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,               /* Interpret optional property types as written, rather than adding 'undefined'. */
// "noImplicitReturns": true,                        /* Enable error reporting for codepaths that do not explicitly return in a function. */
// "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,               /* Enable error reporting for fallthrough cases in switch statements. */
// "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,                 /* Include 'undefined' in index signature results */
// "noImplicitOverride": true,                       /* Ensure overriding members in derived classes are marked with an override modifier. */
// "noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": true,       /* Enforces using indexed accessors for keys declared using an indexed type */
// "allowUnusedLabels": true,                        /* Disable error reporting for unused labels. */
// "allowUnreachableCode": true,                     /* Disable error reporting for unreachable code. */

/* Completeness */
// "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,                      /* Skip type checking .d.ts files that are included with TypeScript. */
"skipLibCheck": true                                 /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */
}}

package.json

{
"name": "async-with-ts",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "index.js",
"license": "MIT",
"type": "module", // ****HERE
"devDependencies": {
"@types/node-fetch": "^3.0.3",
"ts-node": "^10.2.1",
"typescript": "^4.4.2"
},
"dependencies": {
"node-fetch": "^3.0.0"
  }
}

You should be aware of using this command

node --loader ts-node/esm .\index.ts

I first came across this problem probably over a year ago, and ts-node has yet to fix it. None of the above solutions worked for me, and I have seemingly tried everything.

I just resorted to using tsc --outDir out file.ts and then running the file normally with node out/file.js, and then adding out to the .gitignore.

The thought behind ts-node is wonderful, just really sucks when it can't handle seemingly straightforward examples like this. Apologies the solution doesn't use ts-node, but I couldn't get it to work.

Not sure if this will help anyone but I fixed it by putting this at the start:

#!/usr/bin/env node

Removing "type": "module" from package.json and adding:

  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "CommonJS"
  },

In tsconfig.json fixed this for me.