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TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.

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I’m getting following errors while trying to use deno-redis:

error: TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { BufReader, BufWriter } from "./vendor/https/deno.land/std/io/bufio.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/io.ts:2:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { Connection } from "./connection.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/executor.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { Connection } from "./connection.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/pubsub.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { ConditionalArray, Raw } from "./io.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/stream.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { RedisCommands } from "./command.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/redis.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import {
^
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/redis.ts:4:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { Connection } from "./connection.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/pipeline.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import {
^
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/command.ts:1:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { RedisPipeline } from "./pipeline.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/command.ts:10:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import { RedisSubscription } from "./pubsub.ts";
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/command.ts:11:1

TS1371 [ERROR]: This import is never used as a value and must use 'import type' because the 'importsNotUsedAsValues' is set to 'error'.
import {
^
    at https://deno.land/x/redis@v0.13.0/command.ts:12:1

Found 11 errors.

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Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

hkongcommented, Sep 29, 2020

Thanks @prcdpr !!

1reaction

prcdprcommented, Sep 28, 2020

Another workaround is copying whole deno-redis to your project and fixing imports by hand. But I would rather not stay like that

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