Could not find a declaration file for module 'uuid' (Incompatibility with ES6 Import)

I’m using TypeScript inside my project. If I try to use ES5 import style like const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid'); So I don’t get any error while compilation but when I convert it into ES6 style like import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'; I get a compilation error like Could not find a declaration file for module 'uuid'. 'C:/Users/project/dependencies/nodejs/node_modules/uuid/dist/index.js' implicitly has an 'any' type. Try 'npm i --save-dev @types/uuid' if it exists or add a new declaration (.d.ts) file containing 'declare module 'uuid';'

I tried the available solutions to fix this kind of error but nothing worked. In the end I created a new declaration file inside node_modules/uuid/ and named it index.d.ts

And add the following line to fix the issue:

declare module 'uuid';

And then the error is gone.

Can anyone fix this type of issue?

[LinusU]

Hmm, I’m not able to reproduce this:

$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir jhdska
$ cd jhdska 
$ echo {} > package.json
$ npm add uuid @types/uuid typescript 

added 3 packages, and audited 4 packages in 676ms

found 0 vulnerabilities
$ cat > test.ts
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'

console.log(uuidv4())
<ctrl+d>
$ tsc test.ts
$ node test.js
b7c77fbb-95d0-4b88-b9ba-89dba2912d5d

[LinusU]

It’s impossible for me to know what you mean with “all possible solution” 😅 If you mean that literally, then there is nothing I can do to help since all the possible solutions are already tried…

After installing @types/uuid, do you still get the exact same error message?