Minimum verifiable example of JSON import using pika

index.ts

import locales from './translation.json';

console.log(locales.en['Hello, {{name}}'].replace('{{name}}', 'Dennis'));

package.json

{
    "name": "json-import-test",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
        "clean": "shx rm -rf pkg/",
        "build": "npm run clean && pika build"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC",
    "devDependencies": {
        "@pika/pack": "^0.5.0",
        "@pika/plugin-build-node": "^0.8.1",
        "@pika/plugin-build-web": "^0.8.1",
        "@pika/plugin-copy-assets": "^0.8.1",
        "@pika/plugin-ts-standard-pkg": "^0.8.1",
        "prettier": "^1.19.1",
        "shx": "^0.3.2",
        "typescript": "^3.7.2"
    },
    "@pika/pack": {
        "pipeline": [
            [
                "@pika/plugin-ts-standard-pkg"
            ],
            [
                "@pika/plugin-build-node"
            ],
            [
                "@pika/plugin-build-web"
            ]
        ]
    },
    "prettier": {
        "tabWidth": 4,
        "singleQuote": true,
        "trailingComma": "es5"
    }
}

translation.json

{
    "en": {
        "Hello, {{name}}": "Hello, {{name}}"
    },
    "es": {
        "Hola, {{name}}": "Hola, {{name}}"
    },
    "fr": {
        "Bonjur, {{name}}": "Bonjur, {{name}}"
    }
}

tsconfig.json

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "esModuleInterop": true,
        "downlevelIteration": true,
        "lib": ["es2015"],
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        "resolveJsonModule": true,
        "module": "ESNext",
        "target": "es2019"
    }
}