Debugging nest.js application with vscode

Question

I am testing the nest.js framework but I am struggling to run it with VSCode so that I can properly debug my code. This is pretty much the same issue as described here Running n

Answer 1

This settings works for me

{
  "name": "Launch app",
  "type": "node",
  "request": "launch",
  "args": [
    "src/main.ts"
  ],
  "runtimeArgs": [
    "-r",
    "ts-node/register",
    "-r",
    "tsconfig-paths/register"
  ],
  "cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
  "protocol": "inspector",
  "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
  "env": {
    "NODE_ENV": "local",
    "NODE_PORT": "9000"
  },
  "sourceMaps": true,
  "console": "internalConsole",
  "outputCapture": "std"
}

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