importing non JS files in Google Firebase Functions typescript project

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I am working on a Cloud Functions project initialized with Firebase SDK. I chose typescript as a language. I would like to import a non js, non ts file as a string, using import syntax. For example:

import * as content from './templates/text.md'

But obviously, I get an error:

error TS2307: Cannot find module './templates/text.md'.

How should I configure my project (.d.ts files? tsconfig.json? something else), so that it compiles correctly.

For reference of how the project is initialized with Firebase SDK: https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/get-started

Doug Stevenson · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-22 15:22:42Z

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You can't import something that doesn't parse as JavaScript. Instead, if you want to get the contents of some other file, you should read it with something like readFile().

answered Jun 22, 2018 at 15:22

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Jan Franciszek Cieślak Over a year ago

It is possible, when typescript is compiled with webpack (see: webpack.js.org/guides/typescript/#importing-other-assets). Is this not possible with tsc compiler?

Doug Stevenson Over a year ago

Cloud Functions for Firebase doesn't use webpack or any other bundling system. All the files are simply uploaded as they sit in the functions folder, except node_modules, which is reconstituted by npm on the server.

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