1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/cli/tsc/mod.rs b/cli/tsc/mod.rs
index cc6350642..b296bf9c6 100644
--- a/cli/tsc/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/tsc/mod.rs
@@ -556,7 +556,17 @@ fn op_load(state: &mut OpState, args: Value) -> Result<Value, AnyError> {
           media_type = MediaType::Json;
           Some(Cow::Borrowed(&*module.source))
         }
-        Module::External(_) | Module::Npm(_) | Module::Node(_) => None,
+        Module::Npm(_) | Module::Node(_) => None,
+        Module::External(module) => {
+          // means it's Deno code importing an npm module
+          media_type = MediaType::from(&module.specifier);
+          let file_path = specifier.to_file_path().unwrap();
+          let code =
+            std::fs::read_to_string(&file_path).with_context(|| {
+              format!("Unable to load {}", file_path.display())
+            })?;
+          Some(Cow::Owned(code))
+        }
       }
     } else if state
       .maybe_npm_resolver
@@ -718,7 +728,16 @@ fn resolve_graph_specifier_types(
         Ok(None)
       }
     }
-    Some(Module::External(_) | Module::Node(_)) | None => Ok(None),
+    Some(Module::External(module)) => {
+      // we currently only use "External" for when the module is in an npm package
+      Ok(state.maybe_npm_resolver.as_ref().map(|npm_resolver| {
+        NodeResolution::into_specifier_and_media_type(
+          node::url_to_node_resolution(module.specifier.clone(), npm_resolver)
+            .ok(),
+        )
+      }))
+    }
+    Some(Module::Node(_)) | None => Ok(None),
   }
 }