Typescript `esModuleInterop` ignored with module import

Question

I'm trying to import this module into my Typescript file but it is throwing an error about how the module is imported. This is a Google Firebase Function script but I am importing this module in other areas of my project code just fine.

10 const flamelinkApp = flamelink({
                        ~~~~~~~~~

  src/index.ts:3:1
    3 import * as flamelink from 'flamelink/app';
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Type originates at this import. A namespace-style import cannot be called or constructed, and will cause a failure at runtime. Consider using a default import or import require here instead.

NMy Typescript config file is here:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "outDir": "lib",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "strict": true,
    "target": "es2017"
  },
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "include": [
    "src"
  ]
}

and you'll see that the esModuleInterop flag is set to true, which is supposed to fix this issue.

I also tried the import like this: import flamelink from 'flamelink/app'; and get this error:

Module '"/Users/leeprobert/Documents/dev/PebbleStudios/Sciex/Grace/dev/pebble_sciex_grace_react/client/functions/node_modules/flamelink/public"' can only be default-imported using the 'esModuleInterop' flagts(1259)
public.d.ts(61, 1): This module is declared with using 'export =', and can only be used with a default import when using the 'esModuleInterop' flag.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Based on the warning message it seems to me that we need to import the module's default instead of in a namespace. Could u try this ?

import flamelink from 'flamelink/app'