How to import/export a type definition with a typescript file

Question

I am moving over to vue from angular and trying to implement a 'service' as a simple typescript class. I was wondering how I would go about this, currently I have:

import axios from 'axios'
import keys from 'libs/keys/api-keys'

export default class Google {

    textSearch(query: string, radius = 5000) {
        let url = `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?radius=${radius}&query=${query}` +
            `&key=${keys.googleApiKey}`

        return axios.get(url)
    }
    getPhoto(photoReference: string, maxwidth = 1600) {
        let url = `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/photo?maxwidth=${maxwidth}` +
            `&photoreference=${photoReference}&key=${keys.googleApiKey}`

        return axios.get(url)
    }
}

as my class. Then I try and import it into my vue component:

import google from 'src/libs/location/google'
google.textSearch(params.location)

but I get the error:

Property 'textSearch' does not exist on type 'typeof Google'

so then I tried throwing a default interface before the class and still get the same error:

import axios from 'axios'
import keys from 'libs/keys/api-keys'

export default interface Google {
    textSearch(query: string, radius?: number): void
}

export default class Google {

    textSearch(query: string, radius = 5000) {
        let url = `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/textsearch/json?radius=${radius}&query=${query}` +
            `&key=${keys.googleApiKey}`

        return axios.get(url)
    }
    getPhoto(photoReference: string, maxwidth = 1600) {
        let url = `https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/photo?maxwidth=${maxwidth}` +
            `&photoreference=${photoReference}&key=${keys.googleApiKey}`

        return axios.get(url)
    }
}

What is the correct way to do this? Does the type have to be in an external .d.ts file? If so how will typescript infer the type on import.

Answer 1

textSearch is an instance method of the Google class. You are only importing the Google class and not an instance. You need to create an instance to access textSearch method:

import Google from 'src/libs/location/google' // `Google` is the class here

let googleInstance = new Google();
googleInstance .textSearch(params.location);

Or if you wanted to export an instance of Google class you can do so:

class Google {
    textSearch(query: string, radius = 5000) {
        // ...
    }
}

export default new Google();

// And use it like:
import google from 'src/libs/location/google' // `google` is the instance here
google.textSearch(params.location);