Absolute path ES6 module import typescript

Question

I'm currently searching since hours how to import local ES6 modules with an absolute path.

Whenever I try to import something in a module like :

import { Module } from "src/my-module";

I get an error "Error: Cannot find module 'src/my-module'. Here is my tsconfig :

{
"compilerOptions": {
"lib": \["ES6"\],
"target": "ES6",
"baseUrl": "./",
"rootDir": "src",
"esModuleInterop": true,
"moduleResolution": "node",
}
"include": \["src/\*\*/\*.ts"\],
"exclude": \["node_modules"\]
}

I tried to fill the paths attribute of compilerOptions in tsconfig, modifying baseUrl, installing typescript-transform-paths, ilearnio/module-alias ... I'm using ts-node

Absolute path is path starting from disk letter, I assume you don't want to do it. What is your goal? — Lonli-Lokli
– Lonli-Lokli, Commented Nov 8, 2022 at 23:42
Your error Cannot find module 'src/my-module is self-explanatory - it means your module is not inside the folder you are trying to import it from. Make sure you are importing it from the correct directory. — Aleksandar
– Aleksandar, Commented Nov 8, 2022 at 23:53
@Aleksandar Visual studio is higlighting it and isn't detecting any problem, the file exists in the specified folder but when I run tsnode, it tells that the module doesn't exist — Elytes
– Elytes, Commented Nov 8, 2022 at 23:58
@Aleksandar import { Module } = require("src/my-module"); isn't a valid operation, we can't assign require to an import definition — Elytes
– Elytes, Commented Nov 9, 2022 at 0:18

Preview · Accepted Answer · 2024-05-04 00:35:25Z

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I had to install tsconfig-paths

npm i -D tsconfig-paths

And update my tsconfig.json with the "ts-node" block:

{
  "ts-node": {
    "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"]
  },

  "compilerOptions" {
    // ....
  }
}

edited May 4, 2024 at 0:35

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Slbox Over a year ago

could you cleanup your answer's formatting a bit? I'm not clear on what the solution is.

Elytes Over a year ago

@Slbox Done sorry :)

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