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georges rolland
georges rolland

Reputation: 45

Can't use pouchdb with Typescript ? Types problem?

I am trying to install pouchdb in a typescript (ionic) application. The types don't work

npm install --save pouchdb
npm install --save-dev @types/pouchdb

When I try to use it (import Pouchdb from 'pouchdb'), I get this error

ERROR in src/app/services/pouchdb.service.ts(3,8): error TS1192: Module '"C:/Users/User/PROG/toto/node_modules/@types/pouchdb/index"' has no default export.

I tried

import * as Pouchdb from 'pouchdb'

The error disappears here, but appears after, I still can't use the pouchdb functions.

Is there a solution?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1801

Answers (3)

juliet
juliet

Reputation: 451

I also am using Ionic 4, PouchDB and pouchdb-find. The following worked for me:

npm install pouchdb @types/pouchdb

npm install pouchdb-find @types/pouchdb-find

In tsconfig.json I added the following:

{
  {
    "compilerOptions": {
        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
  }
}

Then in the provider where I'm using pouchdb and pouchdb-find, I put the following 2 lines:

const PouchDB = require('pouchdb');
PouchDB.plugin(require('pouchdb-find'));

Upvotes: 0

ntaso
ntaso

Reputation: 614

Have you seen this? https://pouchdb.com/guides/setup-pouchdb.html#typescript

In tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
  }
}

Then in TypeScript:

import PouchDB from 'pouchdb';

Upvotes: 3

Peter Hodges
Peter Hodges

Reputation: 16

const PouchDB = require('pouchdb').default;

This worked for me.

Upvotes: 0

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