TypeScript · Senior · Question 64 of 75

How do you get the type of a module's exports without importing its values?

type Api = typeof import('./api');

✓Correct answer: With a type-only typeof import('...') expression
2With import type * as
3It's impossible

Explanation

This is handy for lazy-loaded modules: you can type the result of a dynamic import() without bundling it eagerly.

Further reading

TS Handbook: Modules ↗

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