"type is not defined" for type "component"

[ffderic]

When trying to use "ng g ngx-spec:spec <some.component.ts>" I just get message "type is not defined" and nothing is generated. It works just fine with services...
Is this a known issue? Any idea?
I use version 2.1.4.

[BrianJVarley]

Same as @ffderic when I run ngx-spec against a component written in typescript. I get the following..

$ ng g ngx-spec:spec screen-pops-list.component.ts
type is not defined

[saikiranvadlakonda]

I'm also facing the same error

Any idea, how to resolve it.

[buddyackerman]

Same issue here. Not sure why the most used type is not supported. I'm using NG9.

[lucb-pc]

I have the exact same problem

[ThatSpaceGuy]

+1 Same problem - Is anyone working on this?

[ThatSpaceGuy]

I was able to successfully generate a spec file by running npm i ngx-spec for the project that I wanted to generate the file in. Apparently having it installed globally is not enough - once it was part of the particular project, it generated the desired spec file for a 'component'. Hopefully this helps someone else with the same issues!

[joguarino]

Same here, the problem is still present, and neither the solution proposed by @ThatSpaceGuy works for me

[kylebradshaw]

unfortunately I think the project is essentially dead, it's a non-starter at this point.

[smnbbrv]

This project is something that was created to solve the particular problem several years ago until Angular team comes with a normal solution. However it looks like they still did not.

There is always an option to make a pull request that fixes the issue or take the project for maintenance. Just complaining does not solve the issue...

[kylebradshaw]

Agree. Sorry about being so curt. Was working on testing way to late. Thanks for replying to the thread.

[docsa]

Issue stems from an incompatibility with angular version 9. It can be worked around by installing locally angular-cli@8
Hope this helps

[cacalo]

This project is something that was created to solve the particular problem several years ago until Angular team comes with a normal solution. However it looks like they still did not.

There is always an option to make a pull request that fixes the issue or take the project for maintenance. Just complaining does not solve the issue...

I fixed the issue and I want to make a pull request. I need permission to upload my branch.
Could you please do that for me?
Thank you!

[smnbbrv]

Hi, sounds super!

you can fork the project, make the necessary changes and create a pull request from the fork. This is a normal flow for GitHub projects

[cacalo]

Fix already merged! This should not longer be an issue :)