Mapbox-gl typing won't allow accessToken assignment

Question

I\'m using the mapbox-gl library with TypeScript, and I\'ve installed its community sourced type definitions with @types/mapbox-gl. When I try to import and set an

Answer 1

For those finding this now ... You don't even need to set the Mapbox accessToken this way, it can be passed in as an option (since v1.2)

const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
  accessToken: '...',
  container: '...',
  style: '...',
});

Pity it's not the method used in any of the examples (yet).

Docs: https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/api/#map

1.2 release notes: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/releases/tag/v1.2.0

PR that adds it: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/pull/8364