Cannot find name 'global' when trying to import in Angular

Trying to import via:

import * as tinify from 'tinify'

But getting: ERROR in node_modules/tinify/lib/tinify/Error.d.ts(1,36): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'global'.

Any ideas?

[simonwahlstrom]

Hi there,

Angular is a front-end framework. This is a NodeJS library and you need to use it server side (back-end). Unfortunately the API does not support being used in the front-end (like Angular does). The reason being that it would make it hard to hide sensitive data from the user (like you API key).

In short, this will not be usable with just Angular. You would need a back-end to handle the compressions. What I would recommend is posting the image from your Angular application to the server and have the server import Tinify and deal with the compression. You can then return the compressed image to the Angular application if you want to give it back to the user.

Hope this clears up the issue!

[markmakes]

Thanks Simon, understood about this intending for strictly backend node use. We were trying to see if we could convert the node version into a front-end usable component (we’ve actually done that in the past with other plugins).

Either way, appreciate the response!