TypeScript reference path problem when installed via npm.

[sehyun-hwang]

I'm using this in Angular 8.

In the file @influxdata/influx/dist/api/api.d.ts,
the first line is: <reference path="../src/api/custom.d.ts" />
It should be: <reference path="../../src/api/custom.d.ts" />

[russorat]

@aegggsehyun1994 thanks! Would you be able to open a quick PR for this?

[sehyun-hwang]

I did some investigation, and I found that this issue could be a bug in TypeScript.
Check this out: microsoft/TypeScript#27572
Though I can write a temporary fix with shell script that will run on npm install.
If you are fine, I can write a PR this way.

[hoorayimhelping]

@aegggsehyun1994 can you post shell script fix in a code block (```) or a gist if a code block is too long?

can you post the steps you took to trigger this error? I'm assuming it's yarn install but the specifics are helpful for posterity.

Thanks!

[sehyun-hwang]

I originally found this bug when I used Angular CLI with npm, but now I found that I can reproduce this bug in a blank npm project. Here are the steps:

npm init
npm i @influxdata/influx
echo "import { Client } from '@influxdata/influx';" > index.ts  
tsc index.js

This script will produce following error:

node_modules/@influxdata/influx/dist/api/api.d.ts:1:22 - error TS6053: File '/opt/bitnami/nginx/html/influx/node_modules/@influxdata/influx/dist/src/api/custom.d.ts' not found.

1 /// <reference path="../src/api/custom.d.ts" />
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Before I do anything to fix this, I would like to reask to you if a shell script would be the best temporary fix, until the TypeScript bug is resolved.
How would you like this to be fixed?
I think one-liner sed command would be enough though.

[vaclavh]

Same problem I have temporarily fixed by this prebuild project script:

1. Install shelljs npm install shelljs --save-dev
2. Create prebuild script ./scripts/prebuild.js with this content

const shell = require('shelljs');

shell.sed('-i', '../src/api/custom.d.ts', '../../src/api/custom.d.ts', './node_modules/@influxdata/influx/dist/api/api.d.ts');

3. Append to project's package.json scripts section:

"scripts": {
   ...
    "prebuild": "node ./scripts/prebuild.js",
   ...

[sranka]

This client library was replaced with a new version 20+ days ago, so this issue is outdated. Typescript definition files have changed.