fix for Express requests that are authenticated (have user property)

server/tsconfig.json

@@ -108,5 +108,6 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true                                 /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */
   },
   "include": ["./**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"],
+  "files":["types.d.ts"]
 }

server/types.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Authentication middleware has user property added to the request object. 
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/62631740/1168342
+declare namespace Express {
+    export interface Request {
+        user: any;
+    }
+    export interface Response {
+        user: any;
+    }
+  }