Unclear on how to use allowJS with untyped modules installed with npm

[raybooysen]

TypeScript Version:

1.8.7

Code

import classnames from 'classnames';

If I write the following code with a tsconfig that has allowJs = true, I receive the error below.

ERROR in ./src/ts-loader-example/headerBar.tsx
(3,24): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'classnames'.

I expect this to work as per the documentation for 1.8. I have found the following stackoverflow question which shows that there is some other that are unsure on how to accomplish this.

As a developer moving from JS to TS, how do I consume untyped modules with the allowJs flag?

[billti]

We don't load JavaScript modules from node_modules in response to imports in TypeScript files currently. There is a pull request out to get this done (#7075) but it is not in yet.

[raybooysen]

@billti thank you

[tamird]

#7075 is merged, so I guess this is good to close.