"Cannot find module 'http'. (2307)" with "@types/node" under typescript@2.0.3

[huan]

TypeScript Version:

2.0.3

Code

// A *self-contained* demonstration of the problem follows...
// t.ts
import * as http from 'http'
console.log(typeof http)

$ ./node_modules/.bin/ts-node -v
ts-node v1.4.1
node v6.0.0

$ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc -v     
Version 2.0.3

$ npm install @types/node
wechaty@0.4.0 /Users/zixia/git/wechaty
└── @types/node@6.0.45

$ ./node_modules/.bin/ts-node --no-cache t.ts

D:\cygwin64\home\zixia\git\wechaty\node_modules\ts-node\dist\index.js:166
                    throw new TSError(diagnosticList);
                          ^
TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript
t.ts (1,23): Cannot find module 'http'. (2307)

Expected behavior:

should import http as well

Actual behavior:

TS2307 error

Another STRANGE behavior

if I add another @types into t.ts, it will work without any problem.

$ cat t.ts
import * as http from 'http'
console.log(typeof http)

import * as express from 'express'
console.log(typeof express)

zixia@zixia-desktop ~/git/wechaty
$ ./node_modules/.bin/ts-node --no-cache t.ts
object
function

very interesting, what's wrong with me?

[ljani]

I have the same problem. It seems I can workaround it using the following directive at the top of my file (which is located in ./src/):

///<reference path="../node_modules/@types/node/index.d.ts"/>

Running tsc works fine. ts-node seems to be missing the global references tsc has.

EDIT: Here's another workaround, which seems a little better: #179 (comment)

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "types": [
          "node"
        ]
    }
}

[paulsouche]

Hi,

I had the same issue with mocha on #246

The problem is that module http is ambient declared by node declaration file. What ts-node do is

• find http directory in @types folder
• no directory - Error

My first solution was to import module mocha

import * as mocha from 'mocha';

To have all mocha declarations available but I did not know that we could declare an ambient module via

/// <reference types="mocha" />

Declaring mocha as ambient in tsconfig.json did not work for me

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": ["mocha"]
  }
}

I don't know why exactly because it should be equivalent...

Again I faced a new issue not declaring these references outside of my tests in a separated file with only one spec file.

It works with two spec files ??? I think this is most a mocha --compilers issue.

I've created a repo here explaining the solution.

[MrCrimp]

My fix for windows, after trying most suggestions, was to remove types and instead use

"typeRoots": [
      "node_modules/@types"
    ],

in combination with adding this to my src/typings.d.ts

/// <reference types="@types/mocha" />

Tsnode 1.7.0
TypeScript 2.1.1 and 2.1.4

[samvloeberghs]

@MrCrimp although that also solved it for me, the bug remains.

As per the documentation of TypeScript:
https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.html#types-typeroots-and-types

By default all visible “@types” packages are included in your compilation. Packages in node_modules/@types of any enclosing folder are considered visible; specifically, that means packages within ./node_modules/@types/, ../node_modules/@types/, ../../node_modules/@types/, and so on.

Be aware that using this solutions, you may introduce some side effects / unexpected behavior:

If typesRoots is specified, only packages under typeRoots will be included.

[renehamburger]

A combination of 'typeRoots' and types worked for me on Windows (TypeScript@2.2.1, ts-node@2.1.0):

"compilerOptions": {
  "typeRoots": [
    "node_modules/@types"
  ],
  "types": [
    "mocha"
  ]
}

(On OS X, neither of these was needed, and I'm sure the same is true for Linux.)

[massimocode]

We are facing what seems to be a related issue. In our scenario, we have multiple typeRoots and packages are not being found in those typeRoots. The code can be seen here:
SMH110/Pizza-website#198

And the error can be seen here:
https://app.shippable.com/runs/58bd1167ba295305001507e7/1/console

However, what we're seeing is that it works fine on Windows, and we only get this error on Linux.

[blakeembrey]

This should be resolved with v2.1.1 now, let me know how that goes!

[kalahari]

I am getting this with ts-node 2.1.2 and typescript 2.4.1 (on node 6.10.3 on macOS). If I take typescript back to 2.3.4 it works.

[collinforrester]

I am also getting this on ts-node 3.0.4 and typescript 2.4.1 (node 6.10.0 on mac). If I downgrade typescript to 2.3.4 it also starts working for me again.

[jochenseeber]

I also have this problem on MacOS. I created a minimal test project. Running

yarn install
gulp

results in the following output:

[00:37:40] Requiring external module ts-node/register

/Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:296
        throw new TSError(formatDiagnostics(diagnosticList, cwd, ts, lineOffset))
              ^
TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript
gulpfile.ts (3,29): Cannot find module 'gulp-typescript'. (2307)
    at getOutput (/Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:296:15)
    at /Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:325:16
    at Object.compile (/Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:479:11)
    at Module.m._compile (/Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:379:43)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:580:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .ts] (/Users/jochen/Projects/Scratch/node-test/node_modules/ts-node/src/index.ts:382:12)
    at Module.load (module.js:503:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:466:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:458:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:513:17)

[blakeembrey]

@jochenseeber Your issue is caused by a lack of moduleResolution in your tsconfig.json file and/or having it set to module: es6. If you were emitting commonjs, it would default to node module resolution. I'm not sure that's a regression since non-CommonJS code would never run on node.js anyway, but if someone wants to create a demo of something that has regressed please share.

[nevir]

I'm also seeing this on OS X with ts-node@3.2.0, typescript@2.4.1 and the config below.

tsc compiles without complaint, but ts-node fails to find any types declared via @types/* packages

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "charset": "utf-8",
    "declaration": true,
    "downlevelIteration": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "importHelpers": true,
    "jsx": "react",
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "es2016",
      "es2017.object"
    ],
    "module": "commonjs",
    "newLine": "LF",
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "noUnusedParameters": true,
    "outDir": "./dist/",
    "pretty": true,
    "rootDir": ".",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "strictNullChecks": true,
    "target": "es5"
  }
}

[danielpza]

I have the same problem on linux,

$ tsc --version
Version 2.6.2
$ node --version
v6.12.3
$ cat tsconfig.json 
{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "rootDir": ".",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "target": "es6",
        "strict": true,
        "noImplicitAny": false,
        "noImplicitThis": true,
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "outDir": "./dist/",
        "baseUrl": ".",
        "paths": {
            "*": [
                "node_modules/*"
            ]
        }
    },
    "include": [
        "./index.ts"
    ]
}
$ cat index.ts 
import * as http from "http";
$ tsc -p .
index.ts(1,23): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'http'.

[paulsouche]

@danielpa9708 add

{
  "typeRoots": [
    "./node_modules/@types"
  ],
  "types": ["node"]
}

In your compilerOptions and be sure to have @types/node installed

[NoelSkenshee]

The solution to this problem is simple than you think :
1 npm i -D typscript
2 npx tsc init
3 npm i ts-node
4 in youre package.js>script>start="ts-node main-file.ts"
5 youre terminal > npm start

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