typescript: error TS2693: 'Promise' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here

Question

I am trying to use Typescript for my AWS Lambda and i am getting the following errors where ever I use promises.

error TS2693: \'Promise\' only refers to a type,          


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and this saved me from the problem in second:

write in console this:

npm i --save bluebird
npm i --save-dev @types/bluebird @types/core-js@0.9.36

in the file where the problem is copy paste this:

import * as Promise from 'bluebird';