module.exports in typescript

Question

does somebody know how to do a module.exports?

I tried some different ways ending up with

export class Greeter         


        

Answer 1

So I think I've found a workaround. Just wrap the keyword 'module' in parentheses in your .ts file:

declare var module: any;
(module).exports = MyClass;

The generated javascript file will be exactly the same:

(module).exports = MyClass;

Note, better than declaring var module yourself, download the node.d.ts definition file and stick it in the same directory as your typescript file. Here is a complete sample of an express node.js routing file which assumes node.d.ts is in same directory:

/// 
var SheetController = function () {
    this.view = function (req, res) {
        res.render('view-sheet');
    };
};
(module).exports = SheetController;

I can then new up a SheetController and (using express) assign the view method:

var sheetController = new SheetController();
app.get('/sheet/view', sheetController.view);

I suppose any keyword can be escaped using this pattern:

declare var reservedkeyword: any;
(reservedkeyword).anything = something;