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Version: 29.0

AST transformers option

ts-jest by default does hoisting for a few jest methods via a TypeScript AST transformer. One can also create custom TypeScript AST transformers and provide them to ts-jest to include into compilation process.

The option is astTransformers and it allows ones to specify which 3 types of TypeScript AST transformers to use with ts-jest:

  • before means your transformers get run before TS ones, which means your transformers will get raw TS syntax instead of transpiled syntax (e.g import instead of require or define ).
  • after means your transformers get run after TS ones, which gets transpiled syntax.
  • afterDeclarations means your transformers get run during d.ts generation phase, allowing you to transform output type declarations.

Examples

Basic Transformers

/** @type {import('ts-jest').JestConfigWithTsJest} */
module.exports = {
// [...]
transform: {
// '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$' to process js/ts with `ts-jest`
// '^.+\\.m?[tj]sx?$' to process js/ts/mjs/mts with `ts-jest`
'^.+\\.tsx?$': [
'ts-jest',
{
astTransformers: {
before: ['my-custom-transformer'],
},
},
],
},
}

Configuring transformers with options

/** @type {import('ts-jest').JestConfigWithTsJest} */
module.exports = {
// [...]
transform: {
// '^.+\\.[tj]sx?$' to process js/ts with `ts-jest`
// '^.+\\.m?[tj]sx?$' to process js/ts/mjs/mts with `ts-jest`
'^.+\\.tsx?$': [
'ts-jest',
{
astTransformers: {
before: [
{
path: 'my-custom-transformer-that-needs-extra-opts',
options: {}, // extra options to pass to transformers here
},
],
},
},
],
},
}

Writing custom TypeScript AST transformers

To write a custom TypeScript AST transformers, one can take a look at the one that ts-jest is using.