Typescript Error Cannot find name 'require'. IONIC 3

Typescript Error Cannot find name 'require'. C:/Users/me/project/src/pages/home/home.ts // require the Twilio module and create a REST client

const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);

Ionic Framework: 3.3.0

Ionic App Scripts: 1.3.7

Angular Core: 4.1.2

Angular Compiler CLI: 4.1.2

Node: 6.10.3

OS Platform: Windows 10

Navigator Platform: Win32

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64;

ts code

CODE inside home.ts:

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import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { FirebaseProvider } from './../../providers/firebase/firebase';
import { FirebaseListObservable } from 'angularfire2/database';
import { NavController, NavParams } from 'ionic-angular';
import { BarcodeScanner ,BarcodeScannerOptions } from '@ionic-native/barcode-scanner';
import { Request } from '@angular/http';


@Component({
selector: 'home',
templateUrl: 'home.html',
})

//ALERT FUNCTION

scanAlert(){
    this.options = {
      showFlipCameraButton : true,
      formats : "QR_CODE,PDF_417", 
      prompt : "SCAN QR CODE "
    }
    this.barcodeScanner.scan(this.options).then((barcodeData) => {
        console.log(barcodeData);
        this.pinText = barcodeData.text;
        const uid = this.pinText;
        this.firebaseProvider.afd.database.ref('pins')
        .orderByChild('QRCODE')
        .equalTo(uid)
        .limitToFirst(1)
        .once('value', snap => {
            let key = Object.keys(snap.val())[0]; // KEY VALUE 
            let user = snap.child(key).val(); // the whole user object
            this.message = 'Parameters to send to twilio' + user.phone + 
                  'regarding'+user.message;

            const accountSid = 'myacctid';
            const authToken = 'mytoken';

            // require the Twilio module and create a REST client
            const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);

            client.messages
            .create({
                to: '+142mynumber  ',
                from: '+mysms trial#',
                body: 'TEST Alert Message !',
  })
  .then((message) => console.log(message.sid));

I followed these steps

install require --save

and

npm install @types/node --save-dev

My issue is that the message does not get sent.

if i add

declare var require: any    

the error goes away, but twilio never gets the request to send the message. enter image description here

I cannot find any tutorials for Ionic3 or Angular and twilio to send an sms I have not even passed the parameters, I copied the

I also tried this

    var twilio = require('twilio');//Make sure to npm install @types/node
    var accountSid = 'myacctid'; // Your Account SID from www.twilio.com/console
    var authToken = 'myauthtoken';   // Your Auth Token from www.twilio.com/console


    var client = new twilio(accountSid, authToken);

    client.messages.create({
        body: 'ALERT! Someone has scanned the Alert Code for ',
        to: '+myphone'  ,// Text this number
        from: '+myTwilioTrial#' // From a valid Twilio number
    })
    .then((message) => console.log(message.sid));

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