server.js ➡️ server.ts (#2995)

packages/desktop-electron/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
-import NodeModule from 'module';
+import Module from 'module';
 import path from 'path';
 
 import {
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   UtilityProcess,
 } from 'electron';
 import isDev from 'electron-is-dev';
+// @ts-strict-ignore
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
 import promiseRetry from 'promise-retry';
 
 import { getMenu } from './menu';
@@ -26,10 +28,6 @@ import './setRequireHook';
 
 import './security';
 
-const Module: typeof NodeModule & { globalPaths: string[] } =
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  NodeModule as unknown as any;
-
 Module.globalPaths.push(__dirname + '/..');
 
 // This allows relative URLs to be resolved to app:// which makes
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged([
   { scheme: 'app', privileges: { standard: true } },
 ]);
 
-global.fetch = require('node-fetch');
+global.fetch = fetch;
 
 if (!isDev || !process.env.ACTUAL_DOCUMENT_DIR) {
   process.env.ACTUAL_DOCUMENT_DIR = app.getPath('documents');

packages/desktop-electron/modules.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+declare module 'module' {
+  const globalPaths: string[];
+}
+
+// bundles not available until we build them
+declare module 'loot-core/lib-dist/bundle.desktop.js' {
+  const initApp: (isDev: boolean) => void;
+}

packages/desktop-electron/server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import Module from 'module';
+
+// @ts-strict-ignore
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+
+import './setRequireHook';
+
+Module.globalPaths.push(__dirname + '/..');
+global.fetch = fetch;
+
+const lazyLoadBackend = async (isDev: boolean) => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line import/extensions
+  const bundle = await import('loot-core/lib-dist/bundle.desktop.js');
+  bundle.initApp(isDev);
+};
+
+const isDev = false;
+
+// Start the app
+lazyLoadBackend(isDev);

upcoming-release-notes/2995.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [MikesGlitch]
+---
+
+Update Electron server file to use typescript