"ajv compile --code-esm" outputs "error: parameter --code-esm is unknown"

[matthewcornell]

Hi Folks. I'm trying to compile my schema to an ES module, but my command npx ajv compile --code-esm -s src/schema.json -o src/validate.js prints error: parameter --code-esm is unknown in spite of that option being documented at https://ajv.js.org/standalone.html :

Set the code.esm (JS) value to true or pass the --code-esm (CLI) flag if you want ESM exported code.

Running that command without --code-esm prints schema src/schema.json is valid and generates src/validate.js, which shows my inputs are otherwise ok.

What version of Ajv are you using? Does the issue happen if you use the latest version?

• "ajv": "^8.12.0"
• "ajv-cli": "^5.0.0"
• npm --version # 9.5.0
• node --version # v18.15.0

Note that running npm install --save-dev ajv resulted in version 6.12.6 being installed (!), so I had to manually run npm install --save-dev ajv@8.12.0 to get the latest version. Maybe I screwed something up?

What results did you expect?
Output with no error.

[matthewcornell]

Oops - I think this should have gone into https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv-cli . created: #234 . Sorry about that.

[matthewcornell]

I haven't had a response to the linked-to issue. Does anyone have any advice about this? Thank you.

[epoberezkin]

I don't think it was ever supported.