puppeteer: unable to use default export

The puppeteer type definitions don’t seem to allow me to use the default export:

import puppeteer from "puppeteer";
puppeteer.launch(...);

which is the recommended usage according to the Puppeteer documentation.

Instead, Flow requires

import { launch } from "puppeteer";
launch(...);

because of https://github.com/flow-typed/flow-typed/blob/b426b5f657cc2b688f3aced6eea25fc052f8f797/definitions/npm/puppeteer_v1.12.x/flow_v0.104.x-/puppeteer_v1.12.x.js#L2670 which doesn’t actually work at runtime, because the default export is a class instance and so launch() here is an unbound method.

I’ve detailed the issue here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57705213/flow-type-definitions-for-puppeteer-prevent-using-default-export

Are these type defs actually working for others?

[avalanche1]

Yep, same issue in typescript

[jtbandes]

This is the flow-typed repo, which isn’t the right place to discuss TypeScript issues. You should probably file a ticket on DefinitelyTyped.