define path in tsconfig.app.json for angular project

Question

The project was generated via angular CLI. I have the following folder structure:

I want to define a path to a bar folder in tsconfig.app.json and import Car to Garage.

My tsconfig.app.json:

{
  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "paths" : {
      "@bar" : ["foo/bar"]
    },
    ...
  },
  ...
}

My Garage.ts:

import { Car } from "@bar/Car";
export class Garage {}

In garage.ts I have an error:

Cannot find module '@bar/car'.

Solution 1

You need to define paths like that:

   "paths" : {
      "@bar/*" : [
          "foo/bar/*"
      ]
    },

For more information read

• Configuring TypeScript compiler

Solution 2

Please do not forget to put the baseUrl first before adding the paths. I spent hours trying to figure out where I was wrong.

"baseUrl": "./",
"paths": {
  ...
}

Solution 3

I think this might work

    {
  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "paths" : {
      "@bar" : ["foo/bar"],
      "@environment/*": ["environments/*"],
        "@shared/*": ["app/_shared/*"],
        "@helpers/*": ["helpers/*"]
       //you can define multiple paths inside this 
    },
    ...
  },
  ...
}

and the question looks like duplicate of question

Comments

[koryakinp]

Sorry, it was actually "paths" : { "@bar" : ["foo/bar"]},

[Vignesh]

edited my code to provide additional details@koryakinp

[koryakinp]

Thank you sir, it solved the original problem, however the editor (in my case VS code) still complains '[ts] Cannot find module '@bar/Car'.'

[Max Koretskyi]

@koryakinp, sorry, I'm not familiar with VSCode. Consider asking separate question

[treeno]

The trailing * in the path itself (foo/bar/*) was the crux in my case.