Project fails to compile after adding moment library and its typings to the project

[kovax]

I have done the following list of commands using the [email protected] on windows and linux. The last ng serve command throws the "Cannot find namespace 'moment'" error.

ng new ng2cli-moment
cd ng2cli-moment/
ng serve
npm i moment --save
ng serve
typings install moment --ambient --save
ng serve

Livereload server on http://localhost:49152
Serving on http://localhost:4200/
[DiffingTSCompiler]: Typescript found the following errors:
  c:/Users/kovax/workspace/ng2cli-moment/typings/browser/ambient/moment/moment.d.ts (9, 21): Cannot find namespace 'moment'.
Error: [DiffingTSCompiler]: Typescript found the following errors:
  c:/Users/kovax/workspace/ng2cli-moment/typings/browser/ambient/moment/moment.d.ts (9, 21): Cannot find namespace 'moment'.
    at DiffingTSCompiler.doFullBuild (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\broccoli\broccoli-typescript.js:202:29)
    at DiffingTSCompiler.rebuild (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\broccoli\broccoli-typescript.js:101:18)
    at DiffingPluginWrapper.rebuild (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\lib\broccoli\diffing-broccoli-plugin.js:87:45)
    at c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\broccoli\lib\api_compat.js:42:21
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$tryCatch (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1036:16)
    at lib$rsvp$$internal$$invokeCallback (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1048:17)
    at c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:331:11
    at lib$rsvp$asap$$flush (c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\angular-cli\node_modules\rsvp\dist\rsvp.js:1198:9)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:433:9)
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:362:13)

[jkuri]

Hi. Please try to install moment-node typings as well and report if it works. Btw, you will need to restart the server after installing new typings.

[kovax]

I am unable to install moment-node (I am pretty new to js/ts development) :

$ typings install moment-node --save --ambient
typings ERR! message Unable to find "moment-node" in the registry. If you can contribute this type definition, please help us: https://github.com/typings/registry
typings ERR! cwd c:\Users\kovax\workspace\ng2cli-moment
typings ERR! system Windows_NT 6.1.7601
typings ERR! command "c:\\Program Files (x86)\\nodejs\\node.exe" "c:\\Users\\kovax\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\typings\\dist\\bin\\typings-install.js" "moment-node" "--save" " --ambient"
typings ERR! node -v v5.2.0
typings ERR! typings -v 0.6.8
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[jkuri]

typings install github:DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/moment/moment-node.d.ts#b090bcf9ba9f756ec8ff53e7707269729172a325 --ambient --save

Then import moment in your .ts file like

import * as moment_ from 'moment';
const moment: moment.MomentStatic = (<any>moment_)['default'] || moment_;

After this you should have moment working.

[kovax]

Thanks a lot This made the project compile!

[CristyTarantino]

Hi. Still having the same issue. Tried to do
typings install github:DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/moment/moment-node.d.ts#b090bcf9ba9f756ec8ff53e7707269729172a325 --ambient --save
but I get
node Unable to find "moment-node" ("npm") in the registry. Did you want to try searching another source? Also, if you want contribute these typings, please help us: https://github.com/typings/registry Can anybody help?

[martinsvb]

Hello, --ambient was changed to --global parameter

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