I have a project written in TypeScript and I use a task runner for building (whatever: Gulp, Jake, etc.). The TypeScript piler i use is the one I installed from NPM:

npm install typescript

Important: As you can see there is no global -g parameter and this is on purpose. As I need to use a specific version of the piler with some modifications.

Calling tsc programmatically

So I want to invoke the piler from my Javascript file configuring my task manager:

var tsc = require("typescript");

function pile() {
  tscpile(...); // I would like to do something like this
}

Can I do that? I have tried, but not getting much luck so far.

I have a project written in TypeScript and I use a task runner for building (whatever: Gulp, Jake, etc.). The TypeScript piler i use is the one I installed from NPM:

npm install typescript

Important: As you can see there is no global -g parameter and this is on purpose. As I need to use a specific version of the piler with some modifications.

Calling tsc programmatically

So I want to invoke the piler from my Javascript file configuring my task manager:

var tsc = require("typescript");

function pile() {
  tsc.pile(...); // I would like to do something like this
}

Can I do that? I have tried, but not getting much luck so far.

• javascript
• node.js
• typescript
• npm
• requirejs

• Have a look at gulp-typescript – Aleksey L. Commented Aug 14, 2016 at 5:19
• I think this is what you are looking for – Jthorpe Commented Jan 22, 2022 at 0:53

1 Answer 1

You sure can. There are numerous tools - tsify, ts-node, ts-loader - that are built using the TypeScript Compiler API.

However, it's a little bit more plicated than a single pile call.