declare module 'events' { interface NodeEventTarget { once(event: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this; } interface DOMEventTarget { addEventListener(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void, opts?: { once: boolean }): any; } class EventEmitter extends NodeJS.EventEmitter { constructor(); static once(emitter: NodeEventTarget, event: string | symbol): Promise; static once(emitter: DOMEventTarget, event: string): Promise; /** @deprecated since v4.0.0 */ static listenerCount(emitter: NodeJS.EventEmitter, event: string | symbol): number; // TODO: This should be described using a static getter/setter pair: static defaultMaxListeners: number; } import internal = require('events'); namespace EventEmitter { // Should just be `export { EventEmitter }`, but that doesn't work in TypeScript 3.4 export { internal as EventEmitter }; } export = EventEmitter; }