Always verify import path

In many projects is necessary work with files which isn't a TS/JS file. Some common ones are png, jpg, svg, but when importing this files we get Cannot find module or its corresponding type declarations. error.

Searching how to fix that, we come across many discussions suggesting using the global module declaration, such as:

declare module '*.svg' {
  const content: string
  export default content
}

Links

• Importing images in TypeScript React - “Cannot find module”
• Webpack & Typescript image import
• Typescript image import
• TypeScript "Cannot find module './myFile..." for .scss, .less, images files, wasm...
• Importing SVG files as React Components in TypeScript
  

This approach fix the lint error, but disable TS intellisense.

Example

Folder structure

app
 |
 ├ img
 |  └─ top-view.svg
 |
 └─index.ts

index.ts

No errors, but the correct path is ../img/top-view.svg

Here is the related issue #40333

Suggestion

Compiler could still returning missing type declarations for not TS/JS files. But always check if import path results in a file and return an error if not (even if file is not an TS/JS).

Empieza leyendo el issue relacionado #40333 y los ejemplos de este informe; después, investiga el comportamiento de resolución de rutas de importación de TypeScript para archivos que no son TS/JS. Se considera terminado cuando el comportamiento de diagnóstico propuesto para archivos faltantes esté definido e implementado sin perder la compatibilidad con los módulos de no código declarados.