typescript compile string to js
// compile.ts
import * as ts from "typescript";
function tsCompile(source: string, options: ts.TranspileOptions = null): string {
// Default options -- you could also perform a merge, or use the project tsconfig.json
if (null === options) {
options = { compilerOptions: { module: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS }};
}
return ts.transpileModule(source, options).outputText;
}
// Make sure it works
const source = "let foo: string = 'bar'";
let result = tsCompile(source);
console.log(result); // var foo = 'bar';