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typescript error - type string cant be used to index object

I'm still pretty noob to typescript. I'm trying to get busboy working on my server. I have this block of code that gives me the error.

 const bb = busboy({ headers: req.headers });
   
 const uploads = {};
 const tmpdir = os.tmpdir();
 const fields = {}

 bb.on("field", (fieldname, val) => {
     fields[fieldname] = val
   console.log(`Processed field ${fieldname}: ${val}.`);
 });

the ts error im getting is on fields[fieldname]

Solution

  • When you declare the variable const fields = {};, Typescript infers the type to object.

    To fix your issue, you need to define a type of your variable explicitly.

    const fields: Record<string, string> = {};