how import qrcode-generator into angular 2 app? - angularjs

Question

I'm trying to use qrcode-generator in my app but no success with my settings even though it's working in plunker, in my app I'm using angular-cli and angular 2.rc-1.
Steps to reproduce:
ng new newAppName
cd newAppName
ng serve
it works, then.
npm i qrcode-generator // (note this is missing the svg support).
ng serve // still work
then change the configurations in 2 files.
angular-cli-build.js:
var Angular2App = require('angular-cli/lib/broccoli/angular2-app');
module.exports = function(defaults) {
return new Angular2App(defaults, {
vendorNpmFiles: [
'systemjs/dist/system-polyfills.js',
'systemjs/dist/system.src.js',
'zone.js/dist/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
'es6-shim/es6-shim.js',
'reflect-metadata/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
'rxjs/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
'qrcode-generator/**/*.+(js|js.map)',
'#angular/**/*.+(js|js.map)'
]
});
};
and system-config.ts:
/**********************************************************************************
* User Configuration.
*********************************************************************************/
/** Map relative paths to URLs. */
const map: any = {
'qrcode-generator': 'vendor/qrcode-generator'
};
const packages: any = {
'vendor/qrcode-generator': {
main: 'qrcode',
defaultExtension: 'js'
}
};
// ... the rest is the same
edit new-app-name.component.ts and import the qrcode-geenerator in it like this
// vscode underline the qrcode-generator string and complai about not finding it
import * as qrcode from 'qrcode-generator';
then ng serve which is still running errors out with this message:
/path/to/project/newAppName/tmp/broccoli_type_script_compiler-input_base_path-jscpZEq5.tmp/0/src/app/new-app-name.component.ts
(3, 25): Cannot find module 'qrcode-generator'.
I tried installing the typings for it by adding this to the typings.json file:
"globalDependencies": {
"qrcode-generator": "registry:dt/qrcode-generator#0.0.0+20160412152159"
}
then running:
typings i
install successful, but still the same error.
angular-cli version:
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.5
node: 6.2.0
os: linux x64
Am I missing something?
Is there other configuration I'm missing?

Answer 1

I was able to import this finally thanks to #JavascriptMick from angular-cli's gitter I did the following, first make the format global:
'vendor/qrcode-generator': {
format: 'global',
main: 'qrcode.js'
}
then when importing do it this way:
import 'qrcode-generator';
declare let qrcode;
Hope this help.

Answer 2

I am not sure about the specific requirements you have, but here is an AngularJS (Version 1) app that features a QR-Code generator:
http://quir.li/qr.html
You can
enter the text
select the error code level
select a size
View/Copy/download the QR code from the screen
I am the author of said page, but the QR generator is jsqrencode by tz#execpc.com
My source code is at https://github.com/suterma/quirli/blob/master/website/qr.html