Angular 2 - Import html2canvas - node.js

Question

I have installed html2canvas on my angular 2 project using npm install html2canvas --save. If I now go to any file and write import * as html2canvas from 'html2canvas' it gives the error:
Cannot find module 'html2canvas'
My package file looks like this:
{
...
"scripts": {
...
},
"dependencies": {
...
"html2canvas": "^0.5.0-beta4",
...
},
"devDependencies": {
...
}
}
The file on which I'm trying to import the html2canvas is:
import { Injectable } from '#angular/core';
import * as jsPDF from 'jspdf';
import * as html2canvas from 'html2canvas';
#Injectable ()
export class pdfGeneratorService {
...
}

Answer 1

Since Angular2 uses typescript, you need to install the typescript definition files for that module.
It can be installed from #types (if it exists). If it doesn't you can create your own definition file and include it in your project.

Answer 2

in angular 9 i use it this way:
import html2canvas from 'html2canvas';
....
html2canvas(this.head2print.nativeElement).then(_canvas => {
hdr = _canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
});

Answer 3

Also, the onrendered option for callback function may not work. Instead, you may use "then" as below:
html2canvas(document.body).then((canvas) => {
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
});
https://stackoverflow.com/a/45366038/3119507

Answer 4

Ran into the same issue running Angular 8. It still didn't work after installing the #types. What worked for me was to include the html2canvas library using require instead.
const html2canvas = require('../../../node_modules/html2canvas');
Then to take the screenshot:
#ViewChild('screenshotCanvas') screenCanvas: ElementRef;
html2canvas(this.screenCanvas.nativeElement).then(canvas => {
var imgData = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
console.log("ENTER takeScreenshot: ",imgData )
document.body.appendChild(imgData);
})