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TypeScript: TS2036 "not a module" error when working with DefinitelyTyped definitions

I've pulled the react.d.ts file from DefinitelyTyped, and included it in my project as node_modules/react/react.d.ts. Now, when I write import * as React from "node_modules/react/react", I get the following error:

Error TS2306: File '.../node_modules/react/react.d.ts' is not a module.

I can work around this by changing the following lines in react.d.ts:

declare module "react" {
    export = __React;
}

to:

export = __React;

My question is: what's the suggested workflow for working with TypeScript definition files?

Solution

  • With the new TypeScript 2.0, still in beta (npm install typescript@beta -g), you should grab your definition files with npm install @types/react. Secondly, if there is a statement export = in a module (or a declaration of a module), you should import accordingly with syntax import = like the following: import React = require('react');