Typescript types for code that is not imported by typescript?
I had the same problem in the past, and I also find it impossible to import the Type Definition files using import without importing the actual module.
So, what I did is, I copied the Type Definition file (usually index.d.ts) into my codebase.
After that, you could do something like:
import {SomeType} from "sometype.d.ts"declare let ObjectImportedFromHTMLScriptTag: SomeType;Then, you could use the imported object without breaking type safety.
The answer to my question appears to be here: @types/googlemaps/index.d.ts' is not a moduleThat is, I can use a triple slash directive, or declare the module in a root typings.d.ts file.