Importing node-modules with TypeScript

Question

I\'m trying to get this to work, but I can\'t seem to find a solution anywhere on SO. When trying to compile this single-file app:

import http = require(\'ht         


        

Answer 1

TypeScript needs to know that http is present.

Updated

Install the type definitinos for node:

npm install @types/node

Old answer

Follows these two steps

• Download the node.d.ts file from here : https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/node

• At the top of your file add:

  /// <reference path="node.d.ts" />
  

PS: See a sample test file : https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped/blob/master/node/node-tests.ts

Answer 2

Shouldn't it be something like

/// <reference path="node.d.ts" />
import http = module('http')

I mean, shouldn't you use module instead of require ?

Answer 3

I found that I had noResolve set to true in my tsconfig.json file. This was causing errors with the references to the .d.ts files that I had included at the top of my TypeScript files.