How do I deploy a typescript express app?
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Violet-green Swallow posted this in #help-forum
Violet-green SwallowOP
I used to deploy express apps written in JS in the past with no problem, but now when I try deploying an express application written in TypeScript my serverless function crashes and I get the following error.
This is how my
How do I fix this issue?
~[#10713](https://github.com/vercel/vercel/discussions/10713)
Error: Cannot find package 'express' imported from /var/task/app.js
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:405:5)
at packageResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:892:9)
at moduleResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:985:20)
at moduleResolveWithNodePath (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:936:12)
at defaultResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/resolve:1178:79)
at nextResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:163:28)
at ESMLoader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:835:30)
at ESMLoader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:424:18)
at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:77:40)
at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:76:36) {
code: 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'
}
...This is how my
vercel.json file looks.{
"builds": [
{
"src": "*.ts",
"use": "@vercel/node"
}
],
"rewrites": [
{
"source": "/(.*)",
"destination": "app.ts"
}
]
}How do I fix this issue?
~[#10713](https://github.com/vercel/vercel/discussions/10713)
13 Replies
is express in your pakage.json?
Violet-green SwallowOP
yup
This is the application I'm trying to deploy - https://github.com/therealsujitk/github-download-page/tree/main
Dunker
deploy your backend to another service
first seperate each as folders like client, server
Violet-green SwallowOP
but why isn't this working? I've used express in vercel in the past
This is the first time I'm trying it with typescript, previously I used
const express = require('express');Dunker
hmm, use same, when TS complains ignore it with
@ts-ignoreViolet-green SwallowOP
I changed everything to
require() and had to remove "type": "module" from package.json. I also had to downgrade got since it doesn't support require() anymore and it works now.It's resolved for now, but I'd like to know why it doesn't work with
import.Asiatic Lion
sup i deployed a vite+express done in typescript no errors but i got 404
where do i put the vercel.json file?
i have the folder project with 2 folders, server and client