Types for creating an Action Client not Updating with Sources Action Message Types

Problem example:

// Variable actionType has to be a certain string value. Types don't update when sourcing additional packages
const newActionClient = new ActionClient(node, actionType as ActionTypeClassName, actionName);

newActionClient.sendGoal(data).then(v => {
  log.debug('Action Complete!');
})

[wayneparrott]

I’m able to isolate the problem to the slam_toolbox does not follow the ROS naming convention for placing services interfaces (idl) in a folder named srv. Instead slam_toolbox services idl lives in a folder named srvs here.

I’ll submit a PR that is a bit more robust handling of such situations.

A short term workaround is to manually change 1 line of code in node_modules/rclnodejs/rclgen_tsd/index.js line as shown below.

[caelinsutch]

Update - Even after deleting generated and even the entire folder and reinstalling, I’m still not getting all my packages sourced. For example, when calling a the service /save_maps from Slamtoolbox, I’m getting the error The message required does not exist: slam_toolbox, srv, SaveMap. In the same terminal window, I can run that service from the command line.

This is from the CLI:

➜ ros2 service type /save_map 
slam_toolbox/srv/SaveMap