feat: requires ts-node to start a project for any config that uses ts or jsx

test/dev.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import express from 'express';
+import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
+import payload from '../src';
+
+const [testSuiteDir] = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+if (!testSuiteDir) {
+  console.error('ERROR: You must provide an argument for "testSuiteDir"');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, testSuiteDir, 'config.ts');
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+  console.error('ERROR: You must pass a valid directory under test/ that contains a config.ts');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = configPath;
+
+process.env.PAYLOAD_DROP_DATABASE = 'true';
+
+const expressApp = express();
+
+const init = async () => {
+  await payload.init({
+    secret: uuid(),
+    mongoURL: process.env.MONGO_URL || 'mongodb://localhost/payload',
+    express: expressApp,
+    email: {
+      logMockCredentials: true,
+      fromName: 'Payload',
+      fromAddress: 'hello@payloadcms.com',
+    },
+    onInit: async (app) => {
+      app.logger.info('Payload Dev Server Initialized');
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Redirect root to Admin panel
+  expressApp.get('/', (_, res) => {
+    res.redirect('/admin');
+  });
+
+  const externalRouter = express.Router();
+
+  externalRouter.use(payload.authenticate);
+
+  expressApp.listen(3000, async () => {
+    payload.logger.info(`Admin URL on ${payload.getAdminURL()}`);
+    payload.logger.info(`API URL on ${payload.getAPIURL()}`);
+  });
+};
+
+init();