Type is referenced directly or indirectly in the fulfillment callback of its own 'then' method

Question

An errors blows up when using the typings for the the Google Auth2 API - @types/gapi.auth2. The compiler throws an error 1062 if I create a promise

Answer 1

It is dangerous to use Promise with any objects with it's own then() method. See @gwilz answer. You will be trapped in an infinite loop!

One way to workaround is to actually remove then() method:

async function getGapi() {
  return new Promise>(resolve => {
    ...get auth object...
    delete auth.then;
    resolve(auth);
  });
}