Importing the generated node-typescript module

[hadrien-toma]

Hello,

I am trying to import the module built by the "gulp build" command but it fails.
My Typescript version is 1.8.10.

This is what I have done :

1. Create the module :
   mkdir my-new-project \
&& cd $_ \
&& yo node-typescript \
&& gulp build \
&& cd ..
2. Create the project that will use the module :
   mkdir my-requiring-project \
&& cd $_ \
&& mkdir node_modules \
&& cp -r ../my-new-project ./node_modules \
&& echo "import MyNewProject = require('my-new-project')" >> index.ts
3. Compile the project :
   tsc index.ts

This is the error :
index.ts(1,31): error TS2656: Exported external package typings file '~/dev/nodejs/projects/my-requiring-project/node_modules/my-new-project/lib/my-new-project.d.ts' is not a module. Please contact the package author to update the package definition.

Could you help me to find a way to import the created module into a new project? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ospatil]

It seems to be caused by empty declaration file emitted by the TypeScript compiler when nothing is exported from the source files. I could find a couple of TypeScript issues related to this - microsoft/TypeScript#6022 and microsoft/TypeScript#8124. You might want to check and try out some suggestions by other users on those issues.