An import path cannot end with a '.ts' extension in TS

An import path cannot end with a '.ts' extension in TS #

The error "An import path cannot end with a '.ts' extension" occurs when we include the extension when importing TypeScript files. To solve the error, remove the extension from your TypeScript imports.

Here is an example of how the error occurs.

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// ⛔️ Error: An import path cannot end with a '.ts'
// extension. Consider importing './another-file' instead.ts(2691)
import { sum } from './another-file.ts';

To solve the error, remove the .ts extension when importing files.

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import { sum } from './another-file';

The TypeScript compiler does not change import specifiers when transpiling your TypeScript code to JavaScript, so if you had an import like import {sum} from './another-file.ts', the path would remain with a .ts extension even after compilation.

An alternative approach, if you use webpack, is to try adding the extensions you need to resolve to your webpack.config.js file.

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module.exports = {
  //... rest
  resolve: {
    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx'],
  },
};

If you use Deno, you have to specify extensions when importing files, so you have 2 options:

• Install the VSCode extension for Deno
• Use // @ts-ignore comments above your imports

If this still doesn't work for you, you have to use // @ts-ignore comments above the imports to ignore the error.

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// @ts-ignore
import { sum } from './another-file.ts';

If you have a linter rule that doesn't allow you to use TS comments in your code, you can disable it for the file.

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/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment */
// @ts-ignore
import { sum } from './another-file.ts';

Or you could disable it in your eslintrc file.

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{
  "rules": {
    "@typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment": "off"
  },
}

There is a Github issue regarding the ability to suppress the "An import path cannot end with a '.ts' extension" error, but there hasn't been much movement in the past 4 years.

Conclusion #

The error "An import path cannot end with a '.ts' extension" occurs when we include the extension when importing TypeScript files. To solve the error, remove the extension from your TypeScript imports.