Why am I unable to import a module with Typescript / node.js?

Question

File: util.ts

class Util  {
   task1 () {
        return 9;
    }
}
module.exports = new Util();

File: base.ts

// <reference path="../../Utils/util.ts" />
import util = require('../../Utils/util.js');

class child {

}

I am trying to import the util module but when I do this it gives me an error saying.

Error   1   Unable to resolve external module ''../../Utils/util.js''.  C:\Protractor\Latest\Test\Test\Scripts\Admin\Common\base.ts 4   1   Test

Can someone help tell me what I am doing wrong?

Here's the location of my files:

C:\Protractor\Latest\Test\Test\Scripts\Utils\util.js
C:\Protractor\Latest\Test\Test\Scripts\Utils\util.ts
C:\Protractor\Latest\Test\Test\Scripts\Admin\Common\base.ts

Answer 1

You don't need to use reference comments when using import statements and external modules, so you can remove this line...

// <reference path="../../Utils/util.ts" />

Once your import statement works, it will bring in the type information just like a reference comment. You don't need to include the file extension...

import util = require('../../Utils/util');

Let me know if you are still stuck.