4.0.14 error TS2503: Cannot find namespace 'webdriver'.

[philjones88]

Bug report

• Node Version: 7.2.1
• Protractor Version: 4.0.14
• Typescript Version: 2.0.10
• Angular Version: NA
• Browser(s): NA
• Operating System and Version OSX Sierra
• Your protractor configuration file
• A relevant example test
• Output from running the test
• Steps to reproduce the bug
• The URL you are running your tests against (if relevant)

Upgraded to 4.0.14 from 4.0.11. Now no longer builds.

Googling found: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41238376/angular2-npm-install-didnt-find-namespace-webdriver

Can see I have:
@types/selenium-webdriver@2.53.37

protractor@4.0.14:
  version "4.0.14"
  resolved "http://private-proget-npm-cache/npm/npm/protractor/-/protractor-4.0.14.tgz#efc4a877fac3a182a9dded26cd5869f4762fd172"
  dependencies:
    "@types/jasmine" "^2.5.36"
    "@types/node" "^6.0.46"
    "@types/q" "^0.0.32"
    "@types/selenium-webdriver" "2.53.37"
    adm-zip "0.4.7"
    chalk "^1.1.3"
    glob "^7.0.3"
    jasmine "2.4.1"
    jasminewd2 "0.0.10"
    optimist "~0.6.0"
    q "1.4.1"
    saucelabs "~1.3.0"
    selenium-webdriver "2.53.3"
    source-map-support "~0.4.0"
    webdriver-manager "^10.3.0"

in my yarn.lock file.

Tried removing node_module and my yarn.lock file but problem still persists.

[cnishina]

A quick thought: I recently responded to an issue on DefinitelyTyped. A user was using webdriver globally without importing the selenium-webdriver.

Anyway, trying out the protractor-cookbook typescript example, updating to the latest version does work, and I am unable to reproduce this.

I think this could be a setup problem in your project. If you feel that this is an actual Protractor bug with the framework, please feel free to open a new issue and add more detail including logs, the configuration, and a simple test where this fails (even if it is a transpile error).

[philjones88]

@cnishina absolutely correct.

Was missing an import. Not sure how it worked before though. Did it as:

import { promise as wdpromise } from 'selenium-webdriver';

to make it clear what type of promise it was.