cosmiconfig-typescript-loader

What is cosmiconfig-typescript-loader?

The cosmiconfig-typescript-loader package is designed to enable the loading of TypeScript files by cosmiconfig, a library used for finding and loading configuration files for Node.js projects. This loader allows cosmiconfig to read and parse configurations written in TypeScript, providing a seamless integration for projects that prefer TypeScript for configuration.

What are cosmiconfig-typescript-loader's main functionalities?

Loading TypeScript configuration files

This feature allows cosmiconfig to load and parse TypeScript files as configuration files. The code sample demonstrates how to configure cosmiconfig to use the cosmiconfig-typescript-loader for '.ts' files, enabling the loading of TypeScript configurations.

const { cosmiconfig } = require('cosmiconfig');
const { cosmiconfigTypescriptLoader } = require('cosmiconfig-typescript-loader');

const explorer = cosmiconfig('yourModuleName', {
  searchPlaces: ['config.ts', 'otherConfig.ts'],
  loaders: {
    '.ts': cosmiconfigTypescriptLoader
  }
});

explorer.search().then((result) => {
  console.log(result.config);
});

Other packages similar to cosmiconfig-typescript-loader

ts-node

ts-node is a TypeScript execution engine and REPL for Node.js. It allows Node.js to execute TypeScript directly without precompilation. While ts-node is not specifically a configuration loader, it enables the execution of TypeScript files, which can indirectly support loading configurations written in TypeScript. Compared to cosmiconfig-typescript-loader, ts-node offers a broader scope of functionality beyond just configuration loading.

typescript-json-schema

typescript-json-schema generates JSON schemas from TypeScript types. This tool is useful for validating configuration objects against a schema defined in TypeScript. While it does not load configuration files directly, it complements the process by ensuring that loaded configurations adhere to a predefined schema. Compared to cosmiconfig-typescript-loader, typescript-json-schema focuses on validation rather than loading.

README

cosmiconfig-typescript-loader

⚙️🚀 TypeScript config file support for cosmiconfig

@endemolshinegroup/cosmiconfig-typescript-loader

This package serves as a drop in replacement for @endemolshinegroup/cosmiconfig-typescript-loader. At the time of publishing this, endemolshinegroup is not maintaining the original package. I can only assume this is to do with the fact that Endemol Shine Group was purchased and absorbed by another business. This discontinuation of development efforts towards the original package left any open issues and pull requests unresolved.

This new package resolves the following original issues:

• #134: "Doesn't work with Cosmiconfig sync API"
• #147: "doesn't provide typescript, requested by ts-node"
• #155: "Misleading TypeScriptCompileError when user's tsconfig.json "module" is set to "es2015""

Usage

Simply add TypeScriptLoader to the list of loaders for the .ts file type:

import { cosmiconfig } from "cosmiconfig";
import TypeScriptLoader from "cosmiconfig-typescript-loader";

const moduleName = "module";
const explorer = cosmiconfig("test", {
  searchPlaces: [
    "package.json",
    `.${moduleName}rc`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.json`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.yaml`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.yml`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.js`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.ts`,
    `.${moduleName}rc.cjs`,
    `${moduleName}.config.js`,
    `${moduleName}.config.ts`,
    `${moduleName}.config.cjs`,
  ],
  loaders: {
    ".ts": TypeScriptLoader(),
  },
});

const cfg = explorer.load("./");

Or more simply if you only support loading of a TypeScript based configuration file:

import { cosmiconfig } from "cosmiconfig";
import TypeScriptLoader from "cosmiconfig-typescript-loader";

const moduleName = "module";
const explorer = cosmiconfig("test", {
  loaders: {
    ".ts": TypeScriptLoader(),
  },
});

const cfg = explorer.load("./amazing.config.ts");