FR: Support for require statement

[stevenengland]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. In the IDE the require statement is not supported. See here:

Describe the solution you'd like

• Maybe this is only a matter of configuration in VSCode then please provide a how to ;)
• If a new feature is needed, please have a look if that can be supported

[nokxs]

Can you please try the following:

1. Add the new file polyfill.d.ts in .iobroker/types/
2. Add the following content to the new file

export {};

declare global {
    function require(library: string): any;
}

3. Modify ./tsconfig.json and add ".iobroker/types/polyfill.d.ts" to the includes. If the file wasn't changed by yourself it should look like this:

{
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "compilerOptions": {
    "noEmit": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "checkJs": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "strict": true,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "target": "es2018",
    "typeRoots": [
      ".iobroker/types",
      "node_modules/@types"
    ]
  },
  "include": [
    "scripts/**/*.js",
    "scripts/**/*.ts",
    "scripts/global/devices/environment-sensor.ts",
    ".iobroker/types/javascript.d.ts",
    ".iobroker/types/polyfill.d.ts"
  ],
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules/**"
  ]
}

Now the require statement should be recognized. If it is working for you I will add the new polyfill in the next version of the extension.

[neopholus]

Thanks, @nokxs, that worked for me.