Error while following getting started docs

[muddlebee]

npx papi add dot -n polkadot

from https://papi.how/getting-started

getting error for above

$ npx papi add dot -n polkadot
Replacing existing dot config
✔ Metadata saved as .papi\metadata\dot.scale
Saved new spec "dot"
Reading metadata
Generating descriptors
CLI Building entry: .papi/descriptors/src/index.ts
C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\load-tsconfig\dist\index.cjs:174
  if ((_a = data.compilerOptions) == null ? void 0 : _a.baseUrl) {
                 ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'compilerOptions')
    at loadTsConfigInternal (C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\load-tsconfig\dist\index.cjs:174:18)
    at loadTsConfig (C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\load-tsconfig\dist\index.cjs:209:35)
    at normalizeOptions (C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\tsup\dist\index.js:1452:48)
    at async C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\tsup\dist\index.js:1494:25
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async Object.build (C:\Users\91824\Documents\Codes\swush-me\papi\node_modules\tsup\dist\index.js:1490:3)
    at async compileCodegen (file:///C:/Users/91824/Documents/Codes/swush-me/papi/node_modules/@polkadot-api/cli/dist/chunk-C4LGGIRP.js:466:3)
    at async generate (file:///C:/Users/91824/Documents/Codes/swush-me/papi/node_modules/@polkadot-api/cli/dist/chunk-C4LGGIRP.js:310:3)

Node.js v20.17.0

[muddlebee]

okay so need to add a tsconfig.json in a new project

[voliva]

I'm reopening this - It's a small issue but I think we should support JS-only projects as well, so we either need to fix this or at least document it.

Thanks for reporting!

[voliva]

I tried different package managers and versions and I couldn't reproduce it. Here's an example of a project with no tsconfig.json:

Can you give more details on your environment? package manager + version, papi version, etc. Maybe installed tsup version too, maybe you have duplicated versions?

[muddlebee]

npm -v
10.8.2

tsc --v
Version 5.6.3

node -v
v20.17.0

OS : Windows 11

latest version of Papi

Steps I followed for my local node

• npm init
• npm i polkadot-api
• npx papi add dot -n polkadot (ERROR here)