guid/uuid in Typescript Node.js app

Question

I try to make a uuid (v 3.0.1) package work in Node/Typescript app, but I'm not sure what should I import and how to use it.

This is index.d.ts (from @types/uuid v 2.0.29):

declare namespace uuid {     interface V1Options {         node?: number[];         clockseq?: number;         msecs?: number | Date;         nsecs?: number;     }      type V4Options = { random: number[] } | { rng: () => number[]; }      interface UuidStatic {         (options?: V4Options): string;         (options: V4Options | null, buffer: number[], offset?: number): number[];         (options: V4Options | null, buffer: Buffer, offset?: number): Buffer;          v1(options?: V1Options): string;         v1(options: V1Options | null, buffer: number[], offset?: number): number[];         v1(options: V1Options | null, buffer: Buffer, offset?: number): Buffer;         v4: UuidStatic;         parse(id: string): number[];         parse(id: string, buffer: number[], offset?: number): number[];         parse(id: string, buffer: Buffer, offset?: number): Buffer;         unparse(buffer: number[] | Buffer, offset?: number): string;     } }  declare const uuid: uuid.UuidStatic export = uuid 

I cant find exported class here.

For example index.d.ts from angular2-uuid looks like that:

export declare class UUID {     constructor();     static UUID(): string;     private static pad4(num);     private static random4(); } 

And it's quite obvious to use:

let id = UUID.UUID(); 

So. How to use (import and call) uuid?

Answer 1

Yes, here is code from my project:

import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'; const id: string = uuid(); 

Note: to install definitions it is required to run

npm install --save-dev @types/uuid