ArcGIS Rest.js is really useful for automating various actions in an organization. However, getting typescript + node + ts-node + arcgis-rest-js working smoothly requires some specific settings, so this repo shows an example of a working configuration.
npm i && npm start
You can also run specific files at the command line with npm ts-node filename.ts
In package.json the type field must be set to module.
In tsconfig.json the module option must be set to esnext
If you want to use await directly in the script, you also need to set the target to es2017 or greater.
Optionally, you can also add a .ts-node section to tsconfig.json and specify that it should use esm by default.
{
"compilerOptions": {
...
"module": "esnext"
...
},
"ts-node": {
"esm": true
}
}If you don't do this, you will need to run your script using the --esm flag (i.e. ts-node --esm index.ts)
The actual example just runs a query for "water" against public items in ArcGIS Online - but you cna do
Note this project uses volta to ensure consistent node & npm versions across platforms.
If not using volta, please ensure you are using node >= 16.13.1 and npm >= 8.5.3