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fuzzi
fuzzi

Reputation: 2277

How do I import protractor for use in my Typescript project?

I am trying to use protractor within my project to automate the use of a browser.

I have been unable to get Protractor recognized in my project, as when I run my code I get the following errors:

error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'protractor'.

Previously, I was able to reference protractor generated in my /typings directory during runtime. However, when I run my project now, the file is no longer generated since I upgraded my version of protractor to the latest.

I have also tried the solution mentioned online:

import {browser} from 'protractor'

UPDATE: I do not need to explicitly import protractor after upgrading to TypeScript 2.0.0, however, my code still displays errors but the tests now execute as expected.

[ts] Cannot find name 'browser'
[ts] Cannot find namespace 'protractor'.

Is it possible to remove these errors?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1966

Answers (1)

fuzzi
fuzzi

Reputation: 2277

I found that the issue in the end was to do with my /typings folder. After completely deleting it, AND recreating/generating my tsd.json, this solved the issue.

Protractor is not needed in the typings folder, but other dependencies are, and can now reference it using

import { browser } from 'protractor'

and:

import protractor = require('protractor')

Upvotes: 1

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