Are import aliases possible using Typescript

Question

Today I am using import aliasing to change the name of an import in React:

import { Something as SomethingElse } from 'somewhere';

However, after switching this file over to TypeScript, the same thing doesn't seem possible. Only after removing the alias am I able to use the import:

import Something from 'somewhere';

Is it possible to use an import alias in TypeScript?

Answer 1

That's a default export, so you could just name it whatever you want:

import SomethingElse from 'somewhere';

These default exports are written like:

export default ...

and you can check out some other explanations here.

You may also be interested in the options allowSyntheticDefaultImports and esModuleInterop if you can't get it to work.