TypeORM Entity in NESTJS - Cannot use import statement outside a module

Question

Started new project with \'nest new\' command. Works fine until I add entity file to it.

Got following error:

import { Entity, Column, Primary

Answer 1

I was using Node.js with Typescript and TypeORM when I faced this issue. Configuring in ormconfig.json file worked for me.

entities: ['dist/**/*.entity.js']

My full code of ormconfig.json file:

{
  "type": "mysql",
  "host": "localhost",
  "port": 3306,
  "username": "xxxxxxxx",
  "password": "xxxxxxxx",
  "database": "typescript_orm",
  "synchronize": true,
  "logging": false,
  "migrationTableName": "migrations",
  "entities": [
    "dist/**/*.entity.js"
  ],
  "migrations": [
    "src/migration/**/*.{ts, js}"
  ],
  "suscribers": [
    "src/suscriber/**/*.{ts, js}"
  ],
  "cli": {
    "entitiesDir": "src/model",
    "migrationDir": "src/migration",
    "suscribersDir": "src/suscriber"
  }
}