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mjanisz1
mjanisz1

Reputation: 1518

Add 3rd party library to angular2 cli

I'm trying to add a third party library to angular2, namely the Flickity slider.

Tried to install typings. When importing them I get en error that @typings/flickity is not a module.

Second attempt to add it in angular-cli.json. Added in apps[0].scripts as described in the docs. In the component i've used it like this:

this.slider = new Flickity('.news-wrapper', { cellAlign: 'left', contain: true, prevNextButtons: false, pageDots: true });

When compiling I get an error Cannot find name 'Flickity'., but when running the site it works like a charm.

The problem is I can't build the app because of that error.

How should it be added then?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 796

Answers (2)

Eswar
Eswar

Reputation: 4983

follow below steps to use flickity in angular-cli based project

  1. npm install flickity --save
  2. declare module 'flickity'; in typings.d.ts
  3. import * as Flickity from "flickity"; in app.component.ts (needs to import wherever required)

use it like as you mentioned

this.slider = new Flickity('.news-wrapper', { cellAlign: 'left', contain: true, prevNextButtons: false, pageDots: true });

Upvotes: 3

Mostafa Abdelraouf
Mostafa Abdelraouf

Reputation: 628

I am not sure if this will work but you can try this in the file that needs flickity.

let Flickity = require('flickity');

Just make sure you installed let Flickity using NPM

Upvotes: 0

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