TypeError: Cannot read property 'EventEmitter' of undefined typescript nodejs - node.js

Question

I have a typescript application running on node.
I am using 'EventEmitter' class to emit a change in variable value.
This is my piece of code,
import events from 'events';
public async updateStream(streamContext: string, state: boolean): Promise<string> {
const eventEmitter = new events.EventEmitter();
if (state === true) {
return StreamManagement.instance.activeStreams.get(streamContext).streamState = 'Paused';
} else {
const streamState = StreamManagement.instance.activeStreams.get(streamContext).streamState = 'Active';
eventEmitter.emit('resume');
return streamState;
}
}
public async waitForStreamActive(stream: Stream) {
const eventEmitter = new events.EventEmitter();
// tslint:disable-next-line:no-unused-expression
return new Promise(( resolve ) => {
eventEmitter.on('resume', resolve );
});
}
This piece of code builds fine. But when i run the code, as in execute the operation, I am getting the following error,
error: errorHandler - Apply - Hit Unhandled exception {"timestamp":"2019-04-29T12:33:49.209Z"}
error: errorHandler - Apply - Cannot read property 'EventEmitter' of undefined - TypeError: Cannot read property 'EventEmitter' of undefined
at StreamResource.updateStream (C:\Vertigo\core\reference_platform\dist\index.js:10695:51)
at StreamService.patchStream (C:\Vertigo\core\reference_platform\dist\index.js:22524:40)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7) {"timestamp":"2019-04-29T12:33:49.215Z"}
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I've set up minimal project to reproduce it and immediately ts compiler warns me about:
TS1192: Module '"events"' has no default export.
But this seems to work:
import * as EventEmitter from 'events'
new EventEmitter();