IronPDF NestJS TypeScript Build Errors

Solution

Run IronPdfEngine as a Docker container and configure the SDK to connect to it over HTTP. This removes the IronPDF SDK's Zod types from NestJS module resolution, stopping the build failures.

Start the IronPdfEngine container:

docker run -p 5000:33350 ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine:2025.6.5

docker run -p 5000:33350 ironsoftwareofficial/ironpdfengine:2025.6.5

Configure IronPDF to use the container:

import { IronPdfGlobalConfig } from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";

IronPdfGlobalConfig.getConfig().ironPdfEngineDockerAddress = "http://localhost:5000";

Use IronPDF normally from a NestJS service:

import { PdfDocument } from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";

const pdf = await PdfDocument.fromHtml("<h1>Hello PDF</h1>");
await pdf.saveAs("output.pdf");

With the engine running in Docker, the NestJS application calls IronPdfEngine over HTTP. The SDK's internal Zod type declarations no longer participate in the TypeScript compilation.

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