Cannot understand what targets to deploy error

[kyleabens]

Version info

6.2.2

Platform Information

OSX

Steps to reproduce

$ firebase init

Select configuration for both functions and hosting. Then typescript and yes to TSLint.

Copy paste below into functions/src/index.ts:

import * as functions from 'firebase-functions';

import * as admin from 'firebase-admin';
admin.initializeApp();

// Most basic HTTP Funtion
export const basicHTTP = functions.https.onRequest((request, response) => {
  const name = request.query.name;

  if (!name) {
    response.status(400).send('ERROR you must supply a name :(');
  }

  response.send(`hello ${name}`);
});

$ firebase deploy --only functions

Expected behavior

I expect the function to be deployed successfully to the selected firebase project.

Actual behavior

I receive this error: "Cannot understand what targets to deploy. Check that you specified valid targets if you used the --only or --except flag. Otherwise, check your firebase.json to ensure that your project is initialized for the desired features."

[kyleabens]

I got around that but now I receive this when I try to deploy:

../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(35,58): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(36,52): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(37,53): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(38,57): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(39,57): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(40,59): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(41,62): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(42,60): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(43,63): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(44,61): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(46,61): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(47,55): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(48,56): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(49,60): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(50,60): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(51,62): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(52,65): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(53,63): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(54,66): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(55,64): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(57,51): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
../node_modules/@types/cordova/index.d.ts(58,54): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Event'.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 2
npm ERR! functions@ build: `tsc`
npm ERR! Exit status 2
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the functions@ build script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

Could this have something to do with TSLint?

[kyleabens]

I added

"files": [
    "node_modules/typescript/lib/lib.es6.d.ts"
],
"exclude": [
    "node_modules"
]

to my tsconfig file in functions and that seemed to do the trick. Let me know if thats okay.

[mbleigh]

I don't see why that would be a problem. Glad you were able to solve it.