First of all, some facts:
- Node.js requires that all local
imports include the imported module's extension (e.g.import hello from './hello.js', notimport hello from './hello'). - TypeScript will compile
imports with or without the.jsextension, which means a missing.jsextension is a runtime error. - TypeScript doesn't transform
imports to add the.jsextension or convert.tsto.js.
In my Node.js project, I want to make missing a missing .js extension be a build-time error using the import/extensions ESLint rule. However, when I enable this rule using the following configuration:
{
"root": true,
"env": {
"node": true
},
"parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
"plugins": [
"@typescript-eslint"
],
"extends": [
"eslint:recommended",
"plugin:import/recommended",
"plugin:import/typescript",
"plugin:@typescript-eslint/eslint-recommended",
"plugin:@typescript-eslint/recommended"
],
"settings": {
"import/resolver": {
"typescript": {},
"node": {
"extensions": [".js"]
}
}
},
"rules": {
"import/extensions": ["error", "ignorePackages"]
}
}
running eslint gives me the following error:
/sandbox/src/index.ts
1:19 error Missing file extension "ts" for "./hello.js" import/extensions
Source files:
// index.ts
import hello from "./hello.js";
hello();
// hello.ts
export default function hello() {
console.log("Hello");
}
CodeSandbox link: https://codesandbox.io/s/elated-germain-13glp7