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chriskelly
chriskelly

Reputation: 7736

typescript compile error with unknown google.maps object type

While compiling typescript I get an error:

src\app\foo.ts (129,25): Index signature of object type implicitly has an 'any' type. (7017)

on the following line:

const tmode = google.maps['DirectionsTravelMode'].DRIVING;

google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode doesn't exist in my typings file which I installed using typings install google.maps --save --ambient

I could add it but it would be lost when I checkout my project and reinstall the typings.

This is just one item in the file which is preventing my build from succeeding. What is the easiest way to get typescript to ignore this line? I have tested the code already and it runs correctly.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 227

Answers (2)

Corey Alix
Corey Alix

Reputation: 2750

You could extend the module yourself:

declare module google.maps {
    export enum DirectionsTravelMode {
        DRIVING
    }
}

NOTE: this would have to go in a declaration file such as mygoogle.d.ts.

Upvotes: 2

basarat
basarat

Reputation: 275927

Index signature of object type implicitly has an 'any' type.

Instead of indexing just assert the any yourself: 

const tmode = (google.maps as any).DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING;

Upvotes: 1

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