How to use paths with ts-node? - node.js

Question

I have this project structure:
How to configure tsconfig.json for using paths like #app/, #server/.
I try this:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"module": "CommonJS",
"target": "es5",
"lib": [
"esnext",
"dom"
],
"allowJs": true,
"skipLibCheck": true,
"esModuleInterop": true,
"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
"strict": true,
"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
"noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
"moduleResolution": "node",
"resolveJsonModule": true,
"isolatedModules": true,
"noEmit": false,
"baseUrl": "..",
"paths": {
"#app/*": [
"app/*"
],
"#server/*": [
"server/*"
]
}
},
"include": [
"."
]
}
Same config works with webpack and ts-loader, but when i run npx ts-node server/index.ts i got error:
npx ts-node server/index.ts
Error: Cannot find module '#server/a'
server/index.ts :
import a from '#server/a'
console.log('This is index.ts')
a()

Answer 1

Your config works for webpack because you run webpack from the project root. It does not work for server.ts because the path is relative to its directory. Try:
"paths": {
"#app/*": [
"../app/*"
],
"#server/*": [
"../server/*"
]
}
If you need to do it for both, you need two different tsconfig.json - one in the root and one in app or server.
Take a look at my project: https://github.com/mmomtchev/rlayers
It uses this feature a lot.