import { Entity, Column, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';

I’m submitting a bug relationed with entities.ts

[ ] Regression 
[x ] Bug report
[ ] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request
[ ] Support request => Please do not submit support request here, instead post your question on Stack Overflow.

Current behavior

Running npm run start, i get:

C:\Projetos\project-name\src\api\user\user.entity.ts:1 [0] import { Entity, Column, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from ‘typeorm’; [0] ^ [0] [0] SyntaxError: Unexpected token { [0] at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:721:23) [0] at Object.Module._extensions…js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:787:10) [0] at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:653:32) [0] at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:593:12) [0] at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:585:3) [0] at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:690:17) [0] at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:25:18) [0] at Function.PlatformTools.load (C:\Projetos\project-name\node_modules\typeorm\platform\PlatformTools.js:107:28) [0] at C:\Projetos\project-name\node_modules\typeorm\util\DirectoryExportedClassesLoader.js:30:69 [0] at Array.map (<anonymous>)

Expected behavior

Expected to run and interpret entity file, connect to database and run migrations or create tables for example.

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions

$ npm i -g @nestjs/cli $ nest new project-name

Next, follow these instructions: https://docs.nestjs.com/

Environment

Nest version: 6.5.0
 
For Tooling issues:
- Node version: v10.16.0
- Platform:  Windows

Others:
*NPM*
{
  "name": "project-name",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\"",
    "start": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register src/main.ts",
    "start:dev": "concurrently --handle-input \"wait-on dist/main.js && nodemon\" \"tsc -w -p tsconfig.build.json\" ",
    "start:debug": "nodemon --config nodemon-debug.json",
    "prestart:prod": "rimraf dist && npm run build",
    "start:prod": "node dist/main.js",
    "lint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json -c tslint.json",
    "test": "jest",
    "test:watch": "jest --watch",
    "test:cov": "jest --coverage",
    "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
    "test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@nest-modules/mailer": "^1.1.3",
    "@nestjs/common": "^6.0.0",
    "@nestjs/core": "^6.0.0",
    "@nestjs/jwt": "^6.1.1",
    "@nestjs/passport": "^6.1.0",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^6.0.0",
    "@nestjs/swagger": "^3.0.2",
    "@nestjs/typeorm": "^6.0.0",
    "@sentry/node": "^5.5.0",
    "@types/bcrypt": "^3.0.0",
    "@types/helmet": "0.0.43",
    "@types/passport-jwt": "^3.0.1",
    "bcrypt": "^3.0.6",
    "class-transformer": "^0.2.3",
    "class-validator": "^0.9.1",
    "helmet": "^3.18.0",
    "nestjs-config": "^1.4.2",
    "passport": "^0.4.0",
    "passport-jwt": "^4.0.0",
    "pg": "^7.11.0",
    "randomatic": "^3.1.1",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.12",
    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
    "rxjs": "^6.3.3",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.16"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nestjs/testing": "^6.0.0",
    "@types/express": "^4.16.0",
    "@types/jest": "^23.3.13",
    "@types/node": "^10.12.18",
    "@types/nodemailer": "^6.2.0",
    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.7",
    "concurrently": "^4.1.0",
    "jest": "^23.6.0",
    "nodemon": "^1.18.9",
    "prettier": "^1.15.3",
    "supertest": "^3.4.1",
    "ts-jest": "24.0.2",
    "ts-node": "8.1.0",
    "tsconfig-paths": "3.8.0",
    "tslint": "5.16.0",
    "typescript": "3.4.3",
    "wait-on": "^3.2.0"
  },
  "jest": {
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "js",
      "json",
      "ts"
    ],
    "rootDir": "src",
    "testRegex": ".spec.ts$",
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
    },
    "coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
    "testEnvironment": "node"
  }
}

[zhongyuanjia]

Excuse me that my English isn’t very good.

@Joebob12 you can’t set entities option in ormconfig.json. in production mode, the ts file will compiler to js and extract to dist directory.

problem

your ormconfig.json’s entities option always point to src/**/*.entity.ts.

how to solve

set entities option in your code

import * as path from 'path';
import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';

@Module({
  imports: [TypeOrmModule.forRoot({
    ...your options,
    entities: [path.join(__dirname, "**/*.entity{.ts,.js}")]
  })]
})
export class AppModule {}

also, you can use config service or ormconfig.js to solve this problem

[Joebob12]

Just want to bump this up. I’m having this same issue.