Cannot find module log4js with TypeScript

[bbohec]

log4js installed as dependency through npm.

tsconfig.json using module:esnext
package.json using type:module

Not working :

import log4js = require("log4js");
//Import assignment cannot be used when targeting ECMAScript modules. Consider using 'import * as ns from "mod"', 'import {a} from "mod"', 'import d from "mod"', or another module format instead.
import * as log4js from "log4js";
//Cannot find module 'log4js'

Current workaround:

import * as log4js from "../../../node_modules/log4js/types/log4js";

[artoriasless]

refer

[kricha]

refer

this gives

import { configure, getLogger } from "log4js";
         ^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Named export 'configure' not found. The requested module 'log4js' is a CommonJS module, which may not support all module.exports as named exports.
CommonJS modules can always be imported via the default export, for example using:

import pkg from 'log4js';
const { configure, getLogger } = pkg;

    at ModuleJob._instantiate (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:124:21)
    at async ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:181:5)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:281:24)
    at async loadESM (node:internal/process/esm_loader:88:5)
    at async handleMainPromise (node:internal/modules/run_main:65:12)

[lamweili]

I think this is a documentation issue.
The documentation below was dated 5 years ago (02c6ebb) and might have not been updated.

import { configure, getLogger } from "log4js";
configure("./filename");
const logger = getLogger();
logger.level = "debug";
logger.debug("Some debug messages");

configure({
  appenders: { cheese: { type: "file", filename: "cheese.log" } },
  categories: { default: { appenders: ["cheese"], level: "error" } }
});

I have the updated documentation below. Let me know if it works.

import * as log4js from "log4js";
log4js.configure({
  appenders: { cheese: { type: "file", filename: "cheese.log" } },
  categories: { default: { appenders: ["cheese"], level: "error" } }
});

const logger = log4js.getLogger();
logger.level = "debug";
logger.debug("Some debug messages");

[lamweili]

See #1360 (comment)