Getting ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER with typescript ESM files

[Alisson Cavalcante Agiani]

I'm using esbuild-register with this command:

{
 "start": "node --experimental-specifier-resolution=node -r dotenv/config -r esbuild-register src/main.ts"
}

It's throwing this error:

internal/process/esm_loader.js:74
     internalBinding('errors').triggerUncaughtException(

 TypeError [ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER]: Invalid module "file:///usr/src/app/packages/admin/src/main.ts" 
  at Loader.getFormat (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:117:13)
 at Loader.getModuleJob (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:242:20)
 at Loader.import (internal/modules/esm/loader.js:176:17)
  at Object.loadESM (internal/process/esm_loader.js:68:5) {
 code: 'ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER'
 }

This doesn't happen when I use ts-node/esm instead

[Maxim Mazurok]

This started to happen to me with ts-node/esm, haven't tried esbuild-register. Using node 17

[Maxim Mazurok]

My issue was solved by updating ts-node, or by using older nodejs version (16.4.1). I think it's related to TypeStrong/ts-node#1522

[Panagiotis]

@Maxim-Mazurok same issue here, with the latest ts-node, downgrade from nodejs 17 to 16.
tnx for your info.