Getting a Jest error of:

Jest encountered an unexpected token

with the details of:

SyntaxError: Cannot use ‘import.meta’ outside a module

on the code of:

export const srcDir = path.join(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '../', 'src')

but in my package.json config I have:

  "jest": {
    "verbose": true,
    "testEnvironment": "node",
    "roots": [
      "__tests__",
      "lib",
      "src"
    ],
    "modulePathIgnorePatterns": [
      "<rootDir>/docs",
      "<rootDir>/src",
    ],
    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
      "<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!chalk)",
      "<rootDir>/node_modules/(?!import.meta)"
    ],
    "transform": {
      "\.[jt]sx?$": "babel-jest"
    }
  },

with:

  "type": "module",

I’ve read the docs on:

• configuration
• code-transformation

and read through:

• Jest encountered an unexpected token
• Jest encountered an unexpected token when working with React TypeScript
• How to fix Jest encountered an unexpected token
• Jest tests are failing because of an unknown unexpected token “export”
• Jest encountered an unexpected token: React App with JS

What am I doing wrong and how can I get my jest test to pass?