Property ‘push’ does not exist on type ‘history’

The error message “property ‘push’ does not exist on type ‘history'” is a TypeScript error that occurs when you try to use the ‘push’ method on an object of type ‘history’ but that method does not exist on that object. The ‘push’ method is typically used to navigate to a different URL in the browser history.

In JavaScript, the ‘push’ method is available on the ‘history’ object, which represents the user’s session history. However, in TypeScript, the type definition for the ‘history’ object may not include this method by default.

To resolve this error, you can either:

1. Install the type definitions for the ‘history’ object by running the following command in your project’s root directory (assuming you are using npm):
   

           npm install --save-dev @types/history
         

   This will install the required type definitions and allow TypeScript to recognize the ‘push’ method on the ‘history’ object.

2. If you are unable to install the type definitions or prefer not to, you can use a type assertion to tell TypeScript that the ‘history’ object does have the ‘push’ method. Here’s an example:
   

           const myHistory: History = // get the 'history' object from somewhere;
           (myHistory as any).push('/new-url');
         

   In this code, we use the ‘as’ keyword to assert that the ‘myHistory’ object is of type ‘any’, which allows us to access any property or method on it without type checking. However, be careful when using type assertions as they can bypass TypeScript’s type checking and may lead to runtime errors if misused.