How do I run a node script in a typescript react project?

Question

I have a React project, and it includes talking to an API.

I have a module defined in the project that abstracts away the api access.

So for example it has methods like addFoo and getFoos . I would like to use this module from a script that I would like to run directly on the command line. The purpose of the script is to load a bunch of data into a database via the api.

When I use plain .js , it seems to be fairly easy to just run > node path/to/file . The relative import paths work fine.

Issue

When I use .ts it doesn't work. It complains that it can't find the module.

Question
What's the right way to run a .ts CLI script in a React project directly? Or is this the wrong way to do this?

Thanks !

Answer 1

MwamiTovi's response above was close however I additionally had to set {"module": "commonjs"} .

ts-node -O '{"module":"commonjs"}' src/tools/foo.ts