Angular 2 Typescript compilation error TS2304?

Question

Having error TS2304 during typescript build for all the references of module.id in all of my components definitions. Definition looks like this:

    @Component({
        selector: 'sd-app',
   =>   moduleId: module.id,
        templateUrl: './app.component.html',
        directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, NavbarComponent, FooterComponent],
        providers: [AuthService]
    })

Here is the error:

app\components\app.component.ts(15,15): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'module'.

Compilation completes and application works fine though.

Any idea how to get rid of this error?

It would help to give the code that the error is referencing. — chrisbajorin, Mar 30 '16 at 21:22
Thanks, Is there a way to declare it globally, rather repeating in each component definition? — Nexus23, Mar 30 '16 at 21:27
@Nexus23 that should work if you add that line in your main file (let's say `bootstrap.ts`), but I'm not 100% sure. — Eric Martinez, Mar 30 '16 at 22:33
Possible duplicate of [typescript getting error TS2304: cannot find name ' require'](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31173738/typescript-getting-error-ts2304-cannot-find-name-require) — cgatian, Jan 07 '17 at 16:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '16 at 22:45

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error TS2304: Cannot find name 'module'

Because TypeScript cannot see the variable module declared anywhere.

Quickfix

Create a globals.d.ts with the following:

declare var module:any;

answered Mar 30 '16 at 22:45

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Works like a charm. Thanks Basarat. I have put the globals.d.ts in my angular application root location which is the typescript files location for compilation as well. – Nexus23 Mar 31 '16 at 09:40

Angular 2 Typescript compilation error TS2304?

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