Typescript ambient definitions doesnt work in node unless

unless you require it as an “ecmascript module”

const { default: chalk } = require('chalk') // this will work and typescript is happy

The following provides incorrect types:

const chalk = require('chalk') // this work but typescript will shows errors with incorrect types

Would it be possible to fix the index.d.ts so it provides correct types for commonjs (node) environment?

[alesmenzel]

You were right, sorry for bothering. It was a misconfiguration in my project… Again, I am sorry and thanks for all answers. Still it is weird it was working with the const {default: chalk} = require('chalk') import.

[Qix-]

I am using plain node v12 but have Typescript intellisense running on those js files.

This doesn’t make much sense to be honest. JS is too dynamic to have great intellisense. I didn’t even know IDEs would cross the typescript/javascript boundary when doing code hinting.

Sounds like an issue specifically with your IDE as our typings haven’t caused any issues before.