Typescript errors in node_modules package with "export * as" syntax

Question

I'm working on a Typescript NodeJS project that uses multiple Google Cloud client libraries. I want to use ES6 imports for these client libraries so I can use Intellisense in VS Code. However, when I use ES6 imports I get the following issues when trying to compile Typescript:

TS1005: 'from' expected.

119 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
             ~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/fallback.d.ts:119:13 - error TS1005:
';' expected.

119 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/fallback.d.ts:119:29 - error TS1005:
';' expected.

119 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
                                ~~~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/fallback.d.ts:119:34 - error TS1005:
';' expected.

119 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/index.d.ts:47:10 - error TS1005:
'from' expected.

47 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
            ~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/index.d.ts:47:13 - error TS1005: ';'
expected.

47 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/index.d.ts:47:29 - error TS1005: ';'
expected.

47 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
                               ~~~~

node_modules/google-gax/build/src/index.d.ts:47:34 - error TS1005: ';'
expected.

47 export * as protobufMinimal from 'protobufjs/minimal';
                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Found 8 errors. ```

Are there any changes I need to make to my tsconfig to fix this?

Thanks!

What version of Typescript are you running ? has mention here, it required typescript 3.8. Maybe you Vscode is configured to an older version. — Nicolas
– Nicolas, Commented Aug 18, 2020 at 23:19
I believe you need to set "esModuleInterop": true in tsconfig.json — Benjie Wheeler
– Benjie Wheeler, Commented Aug 18, 2020 at 23:27
I'm running Typescript 3.9.7 and I have the esModuleInterop option set to true in my config — Niels Kersic
– Niels Kersic, Commented Aug 19, 2020 at 13:03

Faraji Anderson · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-01 06:15:28Z

9

If you're seeing this in your GCloud builds the fix in my case was updating Typescript from 3.7.2 to 4.1.3 - from my understanding any version 3.9+ should work fine.

answered Feb 1, 2021 at 6:15

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Adnan Fayaz Over a year ago

I have google-gax files in my cloud-functions folder with typescript "version": "3.9.10", but still I am having the same build errors. Any help?

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