TypeORM: SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module when creating migration

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I came across a problem when setting up TypeORM within my NextJS typescript project whereby i was getting the following error: SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module when trying to create migration from my entities.

Andy · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-23 08:53:30Z

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The solution was to update my package.json and also create a tsconfig for ts-node.

"typeorm:local": "yarn local ./node_modules/typeorm/cli.js",
"local": "DOTENV_CONFIG_PATH=./.env.local TS_NODE_PROJECT=tsconfig.ts-node.json TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY=true ts-node -r dotenv/config"
"g:migration": "yarn typeorm:local migration:generate -n",
"g:entity": "yarn typeorm:local entity:create -n",

The tsconfig looks like this:

{
    "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
    "compilerOptions": { "module": "commonjs" }
}

If you are using module: commonjs then you wont need to make this change.

answered Jul 23, 2020 at 8:53

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