Syntax Error: Unexpected token { on compiled typescript

Question

When I try to run my compiled typescript code I get a syntax error:

\entity\Config.ts:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, BaseEntity } from "typeorm";
                                                                     ^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token { 

but when I run the typescript code with ts-node and nodemon code runs just fine.

So I've worked on some logging to figure out where the problem is occurring and it seems to happen when I hit createConnection() method on TypeORM. I'm new to Typescript and the TypeORM library.

entity/config.ts

import { Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, BaseEntity } from "typeorm";

@Entity()
export class Config extends BaseEntity {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
  id: number;

  @Column()
  app: String;

  @Column()
  endpoint: String;

  @Column()
  token: String;
}

server.ts

import { createConnection } from "typeorm";

// Database connected
createConnection()
  .then(() => {
    console.log("Test");
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  });

index.ts

require("reflect-metadata");
require("dotenv/config");
require("./server");

package.json dependancies

    "scripts": {
    "dev:server": "ts-node src",
    "dev": "nodemon -e ts -w src -x npm run dev:server",
    "build:server": "tsc",
    "start:server": "node build/index.js",
    "start": "npm run build:server && npm run start:server"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "MIT",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/axios": "^0.14.0",
    "@types/graphql": "^14.0.3",
    "@types/node": "^10.12.18",
    "@types/winston": "^2.4.4",
    "nodemon": "^1.18.9",
    "ts-node": "^7.0.1",
    "typescript": "^3.2.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "apollo-server-express": "^2.3.1",
    "axios": "^0.18.0",
    "dotenv": "^6.2.0",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "graphql": "^14.0.2",
    "pg": "^7.7.1",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.12",
    "sequelize": "^4.42.0",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.9",
    "winston": "^3.1.0"
  }
}

Answer 1

So a member on the TypeORM Slack (going by uladzimir as of answering this question) solved the problem. The issue was with my ormconfig file.

Problem:

"entities": ["src/database/entity/**/*.ts", "build/database/entity/**/*.js"],
  "migrations": [
    "src/database/migration/**/*.ts",
    "build/database/migration/**/*.js"
  ],
  "subscribers": [
    "src/database/subscriber/**/*.ts",
    "build/database/subscriber/**/*.js"
  ],
  "cli": {
    "entitiesDir": "src/entity",
    "migrationsDir": "src/migration",
    "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber"
  }

Solution:

"entities": ["build/database/entity/**/*.js"],
  "migrations": ["build/database/migration/**/*.js"],
  "subscribers": ["build/database/subscriber/**/*.js"],
  "cli": {
    "entitiesDir": "src/entity",
    "migrationsDir": "src/migration",
    "subscribersDir": "src/subscriber"
  }

For some reason I thought I had to add the *ts files for testing/developing purposes but that is not the case and what was causing the issue. I'm not exactly sure why it would be causing this problem but if I find out I'll post that as a comment to this answer.

Thank you everyone for the help on this issue.