Typescript ES6 import syntax for var server = require('http').Server(app) and var io = require('socket.io')(server); [duplicate]

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I know that var someModule = require('someModule') is generally replaced by import * as someModule from 'someModule' but I can't figure out how to use Typescript/ES6 syntax to express the following Node.js code:

var server = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(server);

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