error TS1192: Module '"http"' has no default export, esModuleInterop

[arshad-akra]

• im getting these errors directly upgrading from 0.15.1 to 0.16.1
• this is similar to This issue on apollo-server

node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/gen/api/wellKnownApi.d.ts:13:8 - error TS1192: Module '"http"' has no default export.

13 import http from 'http';

node_modules/@kubernetes/client-node/dist/gen/model/models.d.ts:2:8 - error TS1259: Module '"/home/arshad/Code/uphabit/backend/node_modules/@types/request/index"' can only be default-imported using the 'esModuleInterop' flag

2 import localVarRequest from 'request';

attempted fixes

• setting esModuleInterop: true is throwing 300 errors at all old import * as .... and changing all those is not feasible

• is there anything else that needs to be set or any other way to overcome this ?
  Thanks

[brendandburns]

This is related to the changes here:
#727

Which were introduced as part of the 0.16.x release.

Specifically:
"esModuleInterop": true

is now set in the tsconfig.

Please see the discussion here about this flag:

microsoft/TypeScript#41139

And here:

https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-7.html#support-for-import-d-from-cjs-from-commonjs-modules-with---esmoduleinterop

I think we are going to retain this flag as part of this library going forward, since that flag appears to be headed to be the default option in typescript as well.

[brendandburns]

If there is any action to take on this library to improve things, please let me know.