Ts-node : SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

Question

I was trying to use the top level in the project and saw that it was necessary to change the module from tscofnig to esnext or system, but for some reason my ts-node's error. And I already put the type: module I tried to use the flag: --experimental-modules but the error still does not know how to solve.

package.json:

{
  "name": "micro-hr",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
    "commit": "git-cz",
    "build": "babel src --extensions \".js,.ts\" --out-dir dist --copy-files --no-copy-ignored",
    "start:dev": "ts-node-dev --experimental-modules --inspect --respawn --transpile-only --ignore-watch node_modules -r tsconfig-paths/register src/index.ts",
    "start:debug": "node start --debug --watch",
    "start:prod": "node dist/index.ts",
    "test": "jest",
    "lint": "eslint --fix",
    "lint2": "eslint \"{src,apps,libs,test}/**/*.ts\" --fix",
    "typeorm": "ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register ./node_modules/typeorm/cli.js --config ./ormconfig.ts",
    "migration:generate": "ts-node ./node_modules/typeorm/cli.js migration:generate -n"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.11.5",
    "@babel/core": "^7.11.5",
    "@babel/node": "^7.10.5",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.11.5",
    "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.10.4",
    "@commitlint/cli": "^9.1.2",
    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^9.1.2",
    "@types/bcryptjs": "^2.4.2",
    "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.2",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.7",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.8",
    "@types/helmet": "^0.0.48",
    "@types/jest": "^26.0.13",
    "@types/node": "^14.6.4",
    "@types/pino": "^6.3.0",
    "@types/pino-http": "^5.0.5",
    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.10",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^4.0.1",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^4.0.1",
    "babel-plugin-module-resolver": "^4.0.0",
    "commitizen": "^4.2.1",
    "cz-conventional-changelog": "^3.3.0",
    "eslint": "^7.8.1",
    "eslint-config-airbnb-base": "^14.2.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^6.11.0",
    "eslint-config-standard": "^14.1.1",
    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^2.3.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.0",
    "eslint-plugin-node": "^11.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.1.4",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^4.2.1",
    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^4.0.1",
    "husky": "^4.2.5",
    "jest": "^26.4.2",
    "pino-pretty": "^4.2.0",
    "prettier": "^2.1.1",
    "supertest": "^4.0.2",
    "ts-jest": "^26.3.0",
    "ts-node": "^9.0.0",
    "ts-node-dev": "^1.0.0-pre.62",
    "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0",
    "tscpaths": "^0.0.9",
    "typescript": "^4.0.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "amqplib": "^0.6.0",
    "assert": "^2.0.0",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "class-transformer": "^0.3.1",
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "envalid": "^6.0.2",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "extendable-error": "^0.1.7",
    "helmet": "^4.1.0",
    "nabbitmq": "^1.0.0",
    "pg": "^8.3.3",
    "pino": "^6.5.1",
    "pino-http": "^5.2.0",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "spt-rabbit-helpers": "^1.0.6",
    "tsyringe": "^4.3.0",
    "typeorm": "^0.2.25"
  },
  "config": {
    "commitizen": {
      "path": "cz-conventional-changelog"
    }
  }
}

tsconfig:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2020",
    "module": "esnext",
    "allowJs": true,
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "rootDir": "./src",
    "strict": true,
    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "baseUrl": "./src",
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "@types"]
  },
  "include": ["src", "__tests__"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
}

main:

import 'reflect-metadata';
import express from 'express';
import { RabbitServer } from 'spt-rabbit-helpers';
import validateEnv from 'utils/validateEnvs';
import {
  RabbitMqConnectionFactory,
  ConsumerFactory,
  PublisherFactory,
  RabbitMqConnection,
} from 'nabbitmq';
import { container, singleton } from 'tsyringe';

const factory = new RabbitMqConnectionFactory();
factory.setUri('amqp://localhost:5672');
const ConsumerConnection = await factory.newConnection();
const PublisherConnection = await factory.newConnection();
container.registerInstance('Consumer_Connection', ConsumerConnection);
container.registerInstance('Publisher_Connection', PublisherConnection);

Answer 1

To run ts-node (or plain node for that matter) you need to use "module": "commonjs", "target": "ES2017", otherwise the import/export statements are illegally placed in an IIFE.

So I would suggest using another file called node.tsconfig.json with the following contents:

{
    "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES2017" // For NodeJS 8 compat, see https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig#target for more info
    }
}

And then run ts-node with --project ./node.tsconfig.json