useStaticAssets does not exist on type 'INestApplication'

[dchrzanowski]

Bug Report

Current behavior

The console output spits out "error TS2339: Property 'useStaticAssets' does not exist on type 'INestApplication'". The application works just fine, but the error is somehow annoying.

Input Code

In the bootstrap() function

const publicPath = join(__dirname, '../public');
app.useStaticAssets(publicPath);

Expected behavior

No errors should show up.

Possible Solution

Add the useStaticAssets method signature to the nest-application.interface.d.ts

Environment

Nest version: 6.3.1 
Issue seems to exist since 6.0.0
 
For Tooling issues:
- Node version: 11.10
- Platform: Linux

[kamilmysliwiec]

https://docs.nestjs.com/first-steps#platform

const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(ApplicationModule);

[dchrzanowski]

Thanks @kamilmysliwiec it seems that in some areas of the docs the "old" version of the factory creation exists.

Anyway, thank you very much for the swift reply.

[Mayjest]

FYI a project generated with the CLI uses the old version too. Or at least it did when I made my project a couple of weeks ago.

[kamilmysliwiec]

Thanks @kamilmysliwiec it seems that in some areas of the docs the "old" version of the factory creation exists.

Using an interface is optional (only if you need to use express-specific methods). It's not an old version.

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