User defined path shortcuts defined in tsconfig.json are not resolved in transpiled code

[mstn]

Hi there!

I am using shortcut paths in my tsconfig.json file. For example:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "paths": {
      "@app/*": ["./src/*"],
    }
  }
}

Paths are not expanded/resolved in transpiled code. This is a known feature/bug of Typescript microsoft/TypeScript#26722

There are a few workarounds as discussed in the issue above. One suggestion is to resolve the problem at the level of the output bundler (e.g. webpack and, in our case, this plugin).

I was just wondering if this plugin could resolve shortcuts before/after transpiling the code.

thanks

[marcosfede]

please add this!

[juank11memphis]

Any news on adding this feature?
Thanks :)

[theslyone]

Here's a quick fork off v1.1.7 to resolve this

npm install @theslyone/serverless-plugin-typescript@1.1.7-4.

It's somewhat of a hack but works, ensure .serverless and .build directories are deleted before running

[maazmk]

any news on this issue?

[ThomasLabstep]

Same issue with baseUrl.
My absolute imports won't work.
For now I'll switch to relative imports because it's a small project.
But would be nice to have something more robust here.

[brothatru]

If you are using serverless-webpack (installed by default if you used sls create --template aws-nodejs-typescript)

In your webpack.config.js

// webpack.config.js
resolve: {
  extensions: ['.ts'],
  alias: {
    '@app': path.resolve(__dirname, './src'),
  },
},

// tsconfig.json
"baseUrl": "./src/",
"paths": {
    "@app/*": ["./*"]
},

Found in this thread

[jsefiani]

Will this feature be implemented?

[perrin4869]

Sent a PR implementing this is #241 ... but like my other PRs to this repo, there is no sign of it ever getting merged in...

[jasiene]

Would be super useful to have this! +1