Using lodash in Angular 4

Question

I have previously used lodash in my Angular 4 application by simply importing it and using it as shown here:

import lodash from 'lodash';

public getSubtotal() : number {
  return lodash.sumBy(this.cartItems, function(item) {        
    return item.product.price * item.item.quantity;
  })

}

I am once again trying to use lodash similarly but am getting an error that lodash is undefined.

import lodash from 'lodash';

lodash.indexOf([1, 2, 1, 2], 2);

I get the following error:

ERROR TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
at CustomizeComponent.showTopping (customize.component.ts:39)
at Object.eval [as updateDirectives] (CustomizeComponent.html:285)
at Object.debugUpdateDirectives [as updateDirectives] (core.js:14638)
at checkAndUpdateView (core.js:13785)
at callViewAction (core.js:14136)
at execComponentViewsAction (core.js:14068)
at checkAndUpdateView (core.js:13791)
at callViewAction (core.js:14136)
at execEmbeddedViewsAction (core.js:14094)
at checkAndUpdateView (core.js:13786)

pzaenger · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-16 23:25:03Z

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First you need to install the packages lodash and @types/lodash (contains type definitions):

npm i lodash
npm i --save-dev @types/lodash

Then you can use lodash e.g. with import * as _ from 'lodash'; and further do _.indexOf([1, 2, 1, 2], 2);

You could also do import * as _isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty'; (thanks to joshrathke) or import {isEmpty} from 'lodash';

edited Feb 16, 2018 at 23:25

answered Feb 16, 2018 at 23:16

pzaenger

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6 Comments

joshrathke Over a year ago

For what its worth directly importing only the modules you need can make your build significantly smaller. Signifigantly, relative to the Lodash library :) `import * as _indexOf from 'lodash/indexOf';

pzaenger Over a year ago

@joshrathke That's a good point. I will edit my answer to add this point.

koque Over a year ago

Worked perfectly. Thank you.

Rich Over a year ago

@pzaenger import * as _isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty'; does not work. Says This module can only be referenced with ECMAScript...

thiag0 Over a year ago

@Rich - Give this a try instead - import { isEmpty as _isEmpty } from 'lodash'

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