@types/googlemaps/index.d.ts' is not a module

Question

I want to use the Google Maps API with my Angular project, so I used these two commands to install npm packages:

npm install @agm/core --save-dev
npm install         


        

Answer 1

The import can be simplified as follows:

import {} from "googlemaps";

Create a file at your projects root directory named index.d.ts and paste the following:

declare module 'googlemaps';

The created file needs to be located directory in the src folder

I found this article about what is the purpose of that file

https://www.bennadel.com/blog/3169-adding-custom-typings-files-d-ts-in-an-angular-2-typescript-application.htm