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J. Doe
J. Doe

Reputation: 13063

Variables in typescript projects returns 'any' for Firebase Cloud Functions

I would like to use Firebase Cloud Functions with Typescript rather than Javascript. One thing is bothering me: my IDE is not autocompleting me for every Typescript files like it does on Javascript files. This is what I mean:

Typescript file: enter image description here

Javascript file: enter image description here

Package.json:

{
  "name": "functions",
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "tslint --project tsconfig.json",
    "build": "tsc",
    "serve": "npm run build && firebase serve --only functions",
    "shell": "npm run build && firebase functions:shell",
    "start": "npm run shell",
    "deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions",
    "logs": "firebase functions:log"
  },
  "main": "lib/index.ts",
  "dependencies": {
    "firebase-admin": "~5.12.0",
    "firebase-functions": "^1.0.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "tslint": "^5.8.0",
    "typescript": "^2.5.3"
  },
  "private": true
}

It autocompletes every function nicely on .js files, but not on .ts files. I did have chosen Typescript as my language. This happens on every IDE I try.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 200

Answers (1)

Doug Stevenson
Doug Stevenson

Reputation: 317750

When using TypeScript, you should use import statements instead of require. Try these lines instead:

import * as functions from "firebase-functions"
import * as admin from "firebase-admin"

When you use these, you'll find is that functions and admin will give you autocomplete options under their namespace when you type . after those identifiers.

Upvotes: 3

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