Better typings

42 files changed, 102 insertions, 90 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
index 9a9298825..f48b6fc1a 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/config/edit-custom-config/edit-custom-config.component.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit {
   }
 
   ngOnInit () {
-    const formGroupData: any = {
+    const formGroupData: { [key: string]: any } = {
       instanceName: this.customConfigValidatorsService.INSTANCE_NAME,
       instanceShortDescription: this.customConfigValidatorsService.INSTANCE_SHORT_DESCRIPTION,
       instanceDescription: null,
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class EditCustomConfigComponent extends FormReactive implements OnInit {
   }
 
   private updateForm () {
-    const data: any = {
+    const data: { [key: string]: any } = {
       instanceName: this.customConfig.instance.name,
       instanceShortDescription: this.customConfig.instance.shortDescription,
       instanceDescription: this.customConfig.instance.description,
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.ts
index a4d696e69..99ce5804b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-edit/user-edit.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export abstract class UserEdit extends FormReactive {
 
   videoQuotaOptions: { value: string, label: string }[] = []
   videoQuotaDailyOptions: { value: string, label: string }[] = []
-  roles = Object.keys(USER_ROLE_LABELS).map((key: any) => ({ value: key.toString(), label: USER_ROLE_LABELS[key] }))
+  roles = Object.keys(USER_ROLE_LABELS).map(key => ({ value: key.toString(), label: USER_ROLE_LABELS[key] }))
 
   protected abstract serverService: ServerService
   protected abstract configService: ConfigService
diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.ts b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.ts
index 0d7f88d2b..3859af9ff 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class UserListComponent extends RestTable implements OnInit {
   pagination: RestPagination = { count: this.rowsPerPage, start: 0 }
 
   selectedUsers: User[] = []
-  bulkUserActions: DropdownAction<User>[] = []
+  bulkUserActions: DropdownAction<User[]>[] = []
 
   constructor (
     private notificationsService: NotificationsService,
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ export class UserListComponent extends RestTable implements OnInit {
       {
         label: this.i18n('Ban'),
         handler: users => this.openBanUserModal(users),
-        isDisplayed: users => users.every((u: any) => u.blocked === false)
+        isDisplayed: users => users.every(u => u.blocked === false)
       },
       {
         label: this.i18n('Unban'),
         handler: users => this.unbanUsers(users),
-        isDisplayed: users => users.every((u: any) => u.blocked === true)
+        isDisplayed: users => users.every(u => u.blocked === true)
       }
     ]
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-video-channels/my-account-video-channel-update.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-video-channels/my-account-video-channel-update.component.ts
index f2b8a4e26..5d43956f2 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-video-channels/my-account-video-channel-update.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-video-channels/my-account-video-channel-update.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core'
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
 import { MyAccountVideoChannelEdit } from './my-account-video-channel-edit'
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ import { VideoChannelValidatorsService } from '@app/shared/forms/form-validators
   styleUrls: [ './my-account-video-channel-edit.component.scss' ]
 })
 export class MyAccountVideoChannelUpdateComponent extends MyAccountVideoChannelEdit implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
-  @ViewChild('avatarfileInput') avatarfileInput: any
-
   error: string
-
   videoChannelToUpdate: VideoChannel
+
   private paramsSub: Subscription
 
   constructor (
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/my-account-videos.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/my-account-videos.component.ts
index 52307f09e..2d88ac760 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/my-account-videos.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/my-account-videos.component.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export class MyAccountVideosComponent extends AbstractVideoList implements OnIni
   }
 
   isInSelectionMode () {
-    return Object.keys(this.checkedVideos).some((k: any) => this.checkedVideos[ k ] === true)
+    return Object.keys(this.checkedVideos).some(k => this.checkedVideos[ k ] === true)
   }
 
   getVideosObservable (page: number) {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class MyAccountVideosComponent extends AbstractVideoList implements OnIni
 
   async deleteSelectedVideos () {
     const toDeleteVideosIds = Object.keys(this.checkedVideos)
-                                    .filter((k: any) => this.checkedVideos[ k ] === true)
+                                    .filter(k => this.checkedVideos[ k ] === true)
                                     .map(k => parseInt(k, 10))
 
     const res = await this.confirmService.confirm(
@@ -168,10 +168,9 @@ export class MyAccountVideosComponent extends AbstractVideoList implements OnIni
   }
 
   private spliceVideosById (id: number) {
-    let key: any
-    for (key of Object.keys(this.loadedPages)) {
-      const videos = this.loadedPages[ key ]
-      const index = videos.findIndex((v: any) => v.id === id)
+    for (const key of Object.keys(this.loadedPages)) {
+      const videos: Video[] = this.loadedPages[ key ]
+      const index = videos.findIndex(v => v.id === id)
 
       if (index !== -1) {
         videos.splice(index, 1)
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/video-change-ownership/video-change-ownership.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/video-change-ownership/video-change-ownership.component.ts
index eb3f9404f..9f94f3c13 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/video-change-ownership/video-change-ownership.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/my-account-videos/video-change-ownership/video-change-ownership.component.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ export class VideoChangeOwnershipComponent extends FormReactive implements OnIni
       .catch((_) => _) // Called when closing (cancel) the modal without validating, do nothing
   }
 
-  // TODO: typing
-  search (event: any) {
+  search (event: { query: string }) {
     const query = event.query
     this.userService.autocomplete(query)
       .subscribe(
diff --git a/client/src/app/+my-account/shared/actor-avatar-info.component.ts b/client/src/app/+my-account/shared/actor-avatar-info.component.ts
index b4505a7f2..54bacc212 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+my-account/shared/actor-avatar-info.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/+my-account/shared/actor-avatar-info.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, ElementRef, EventEmitter, Input, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
 import { ServerService } from '../../core/server'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
 import { VideoChannel } from '@app/shared/video-channel/video-channel.model'
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Account } from '@app/shared/account/account.model'
   styleUrls: [ './actor-avatar-info.component.scss' ]
 })
 export class ActorAvatarInfoComponent {
-  @ViewChild('avatarfileInput') avatarfileInput: any
+  @ViewChild('avatarfileInput') avatarfileInput: ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>
 
   @Input() actor: VideoChannel | Account
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts b/client/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
index 5315c8b1d..443772c9e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ export class AuthService {
   }
 
   refreshUserInformation () {
-    const obj: any = {
+    const obj: UserLoginWithUsername = {
       access_token: this.user.getAccessToken(),
       refresh_token: null,
       token_type: this.user.getTokenType(),
diff --git a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
index 1663a052c..da8bd26db 100644
--- a/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/core/server/server.service.ts
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ export class ServerService {
     this.localeObservable
         .pipe(
           switchMap(translations => {
-            return this.http.get(ServerService.BASE_VIDEO_URL + attributeName)
-                       .pipe(map((data: any) => ({ data, translations })))
+            return this.http.get<{ [id: string]: string }>(ServerService.BASE_VIDEO_URL + attributeName)
+                       .pipe(map(data => ({ data, translations })))
           })
         )
         .subscribe(({ data, translations }) => {
diff --git a/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.ts b/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.ts
index 348700c09..371beb4a5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/menu/menu.component.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class MenuComponent implements OnInit {
   userHasAdminAccess = false
   helpVisible = false
 
-  private routesPerRight: any = {
+  private routesPerRight: { [ role in UserRight ]?: string } = {
     [UserRight.MANAGE_USERS]: '/admin/users',
     [UserRight.MANAGE_SERVER_FOLLOW]: '/admin/friends',
     [UserRight.MANAGE_VIDEO_ABUSES]: '/admin/moderation/video-abuses',
diff --git a/client/src/app/search/advanced-search.model.ts b/client/src/app/search/advanced-search.model.ts
index 1d6c89282..033fa9bba 100644
--- a/client/src/app/search/advanced-search.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/search/advanced-search.model.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class AdvancedSearch {
   }
 
   containsValues () {
-    const obj: any = this.toUrlObject()
+    const obj = this.toUrlObject()
     for (const k of Object.keys(obj)) {
       if (k === 'sort') continue // Exception
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class AdvancedSearch {
   size () {
     let acc = 0
 
-    const obj: any = this.toUrlObject()
+    const obj = this.toUrlObject()
     for (const k of Object.keys(obj)) {
       if (k === 'sort') continue // Exception
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/action-dropdown.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/action-dropdown.component.ts
index 9877f639d..d8026ef41 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/action-dropdown.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/action-dropdown.component.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 
 export type DropdownAction<T> = {
   label?: string
-  handler?: (T: any) => any
-  linkBuilder?: (T: any) => (string | number)[]
-  isDisplayed?: (T: any) => boolean
+  handler?: (a: T) => any
+  linkBuilder?: (a: T) => (string | number)[]
+  isDisplayed?: (a: T) => boolean
 }
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/button.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/button.component.ts
index cccf98bc3..1a1162f09 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/button.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/button.component.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 
 export class ButtonComponent {
   @Input() label = ''
-  @Input() className: any = undefined
-  @Input() icon: any = undefined
-  @Input() title: any = undefined
+  @Input() className: string = undefined
+  @Input() icon: string = undefined
+  @Input() title: string = undefined
 
   getTitle () {
     return this.title || this.label
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/edit-button.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/edit-button.component.ts
index ea552663a..1fe4f7b30 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/buttons/edit-button.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/buttons/edit-button.component.ts
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
 
 export class EditButtonComponent {
   @Input() label: string
-  @Input() routerLink: any = []
+  @Input() routerLink: string[] = []
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service.ts
index e2a79e8c4..3a35fcfb3 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import { ConfirmService } from '../../core/index'
 import { I18n } from '@ngx-translate/i18n-polyfill'
 
+export type CanComponentDeactivateResult = { text?: string, canDeactivate: Observable<boolean> | boolean }
+
 export interface CanComponentDeactivate {
-  canDeactivate: () => { text?: string, canDeactivate: Observable<boolean> | boolean }
+  canDeactivate: () => CanComponentDeactivateResult
 }
 
 @Injectable()
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/misc/help.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/misc/help.component.ts
index ccce1ccfa..ba0452e77 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/misc/help.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/misc/help.component.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class HelpComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
   }
 
   private createMarkdownList (rules: string[]) {
-    const rulesToText: any = {
+    const rulesToText = {
       'emphasis': this.i18n('Emphasis'),
       'link': this.i18n('Links'),
       'newline': this.i18n('New lines'),
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest-extractor.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest-extractor.service.ts
index 934f6c618..f149569ef 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest-extractor.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest-extractor.service.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export class RestExtractor {
     return this.applyToResultListData(result, this.convertDateToHuman, [ fieldsToConvert ])
   }
 
-  convertDateToHuman (target: any, fieldsToConvert: string[]) {
+  convertDateToHuman (target: { [ id: string ]: string }, fieldsToConvert: string[]) {
     fieldsToConvert.forEach(field => target[field] = dateToHuman(target[field]))
 
     return target
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class RestExtractor {
       errorMessage = err
     }
 
-    const errorObj: any = {
+    const errorObj: { message: string, status: string, body: string } = {
       message: errorMessage,
       status: undefined,
       body: undefined
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest.service.ts
index 41824a18f..e6d4e6e5e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/rest/rest.service.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class RestService {
     return newParams
   }
 
-  addObjectParams (params: HttpParams, object: any) {
+  addObjectParams (params: HttpParams, object: { [ name: string ]: any }) {
     for (const name of Object.keys(object)) {
       const value = object[name]
       if (!value) continue
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/client/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 40e05fcc7..0ec2a9b15 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { VideoAbuseService } from './video-abuse'
 import { VideoBlacklistService } from './video-blacklist'
 import { VideoOwnershipService } from './video-ownership'
 import { VideoMiniatureComponent } from './video/video-miniature.component'
-import { VideoFeedComponent } from './video/video-feed.component'
+import { FeedComponent } from './video/feed.component'
 import { VideoThumbnailComponent } from './video/video-thumbnail.component'
 import { VideoService } from './video/video.service'
 import { AccountService } from '@app/shared/account/account.service'
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import { BlocklistService } from '@app/shared/blocklist'
     LoaderComponent,
     VideoThumbnailComponent,
     VideoMiniatureComponent,
-    VideoFeedComponent,
+    FeedComponent,
     ButtonComponent,
     DeleteButtonComponent,
     EditButtonComponent,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ import { BlocklistService } from '@app/shared/blocklist'
     LoaderComponent,
     VideoThumbnailComponent,
     VideoMiniatureComponent,
-    VideoFeedComponent,
+    FeedComponent,
     ButtonComponent,
     DeleteButtonComponent,
     EditButtonComponent,
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
index e6b612054..7c840ffa7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/users/user.model.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ export class User implements UserServerModel {
 
   blocked: boolean
   blockedReason?: string
-  [key: string]: any
 
   constructor (hash: UserConstructorHash) {
     this.id = hash.id
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.html b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.html
index 69a619b76..29492351b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <div *ngIf="titlePage" class="title-page title-page-single">
       {{ titlePage }}
     </div>
-    <my-video-feed [syndicationItems]="syndicationItems"></my-video-feed>
+    <my-feed [syndicationItems]="syndicationItems"></my-feed>
 
     <div class="moderation-block" *ngIf="displayModerationBlock">
       <my-peertube-checkbox
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.scss b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.scss
index 92998cb44..9fb3fd4d6 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.scss
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     margin: 0 5px 0 0;
   }
 
-  my-video-feed {
+  my-feed {
     display: inline-block;
     position: relative;
     top: 1px;
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.ts
index 87814d4ba..2d32dd6ad 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/abstract-video-list.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { Video } from './video.model'
 import { I18n } from '@ngx-translate/i18n-polyfill'
 import { ScreenService } from '@app/shared/misc/screen.service'
 import { OwnerDisplayType } from '@app/shared/video/video-miniature.component'
+import { Syndication } from '@app/shared/video/syndication.model'
 
 export abstract class AbstractVideoList implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private static LINES_PER_PAGE = 4
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractVideoList implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   sort: VideoSortField = '-publishedAt'
   categoryOneOf?: number
   defaultSort: VideoSortField = '-publishedAt'
-  syndicationItems: any = []
+  syndicationItems: Syndication[] = []
 
   loadOnInit = true
   marginContent = true
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractVideoList implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   private resizeSubscription: Subscription
 
   abstract getVideosObservable (page: number): Observable<{ videos: Video[], totalVideos: number}>
-  abstract generateSyndicationList (): any
+  abstract generateSyndicationList (): void
 
   get user () {
     return this.authService.getUser()
@@ -209,9 +210,11 @@ export abstract class AbstractVideoList implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   }
 
   protected setNewRouteParams () {
-    const paramsObject: any = this.buildRouteParams()
+    const paramsObject = this.buildRouteParams()
 
-    const queryParams = Object.keys(paramsObject).map(p => p + '=' + paramsObject[p]).join('&')
+    const queryParams = Object.keys(paramsObject)
+                              .map(p => p + '=' + paramsObject[p])
+                              .join('&')
     this.location.replaceState(this.currentRoute, queryParams)
   }
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.html b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.html
index 16116ba88..16116ba88 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.html
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.scss b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.scss
index 385764be0..385764be0 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.scss
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12507458f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/feed.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
+import { Syndication } from '@app/shared/video/syndication.model'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'my-feed',
+  styleUrls: [ './feed.component.scss' ],
+  templateUrl: './feed.component.html'
+})
+export class FeedComponent {
+  @Input() syndicationItems: Syndication[]
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/syndication.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/syndication.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a52b5771b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/syndication.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { FeedFormat } from '../../../../../shared/models/feeds/feed-format.enum'
+
+export interface Syndication {
+  format: FeedFormat,
+  label: string,
+  url: string
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
index a62277e04..fc772a3cf 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-edit.model.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
   uuid?: string
   id?: number
   scheduleUpdate?: VideoScheduleUpdate
-  [key: string]: any
 
   constructor (video?: Video & { tags: string[], commentsEnabled: boolean, support: string, thumbnailUrl: string, previewUrl: string }) {
     if (video) {
@@ -50,14 +49,14 @@ export class VideoEdit implements VideoUpdate {
     }
   }
 
-  patch (values: any) {
+  patch (values: { [ id: string ]: string }) {
     Object.keys(values).forEach((key) => {
       this[ key ] = values[ key ]
     })
 
     // If schedule publication, the video is private and will be changed to public privacy
     if (parseInt(values['privacy'], 10) === VideoEdit.SPECIAL_SCHEDULED_PRIVACY) {
-      const updateAt = (values['schedulePublicationAt'] as Date)
+      const updateAt = new Date(values['schedulePublicationAt'])
       updateAt.setSeconds(0)
 
       this.privacy = VideoPrivacy.PRIVATE
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index be6c80c3f..000000000
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video-feed.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core'
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'my-video-feed',
-  styleUrls: [ './video-feed.component.scss' ],
-  templateUrl: './video-feed.component.html'
-})
-export class VideoFeedComponent {
-  @Input() syndicationItems: any
-}
diff --git a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
index 6283cf84d..65297d7a1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/shared/video/video.service.ts
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ export class VideoService implements VideosProvider {
 
   loadCompleteDescription (descriptionPath: string) {
     return this.authHttp
-               .get(environment.apiUrl + descriptionPath)
+               .get<{ description: string }>(environment.apiUrl + descriptionPath)
                .pipe(
-                 map((res: any) => res[ 'description' ]),
+                 map(res => res.description),
                  catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
                )
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/shared/video-caption-add-modal.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/shared/video-caption-add-modal.component.ts
index a2c9237ad..796fbe531 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/shared/video-caption-add-modal.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/shared/video-caption-add-modal.component.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { VideoCaptionsValidatorsService } from '@app/shared/forms/form-validator
 import { ServerService } from '@app/core'
 import { VideoCaptionEdit } from '@app/shared/video-caption/video-caption-edit.model'
 import { NgbModal, NgbModalRef } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { VideoConstant } from '../../../../../../shared'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-video-caption-add-modal',
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ export class VideoCaptionAddModalComponent extends FormReactive implements OnIni
 
   @ViewChild('modal') modal: ElementRef
 
-  videoCaptionLanguages: any = []
+  videoCaptionLanguages: VideoConstant<string>[] = []
 
   private openedModal: NgbModalRef
   private closingModal = false
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export class VideoCaptionAddModalComponent extends FormReactive implements OnIni
     this.hide()
 
     const languageId = this.form.value[ 'language' ]
-    const languageObject = this.videoCaptionLanguages.find((l: any) => l.id === languageId)
+    const languageObject = this.videoCaptionLanguages.find(l => l.id === languageId)
 
     this.captionAdded.emit({
       language: languageObject,
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
index 9a50e2ab2..e13c06ce9 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-import-torrent.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, EventEmitter, OnInit, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, ElementRef, EventEmitter, OnInit, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
 import { Router } from '@angular/router'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
 import { VideoPrivacy, VideoUpdate } from '../../../../../../shared/models/videos'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { VideoImportService } from '@app/shared/video-import'
 })
 export class VideoImportTorrentComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, CanComponentDeactivate {
   @Output() firstStepDone = new EventEmitter<string>()
-  @ViewChild('torrentfileInput') torrentfileInput: any
+  @ViewChild('torrentfileInput') torrentfileInput: ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>
 
   videoFileName: string
   magnetUri = ''
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export class VideoImportTorrentComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, Ca
   }
 
   fileChange () {
-    const torrentfile = this.torrentfileInput.nativeElement.files[0] as File
+    const torrentfile = this.torrentfileInput.nativeElement.files[0]
     if (!torrentfile) return
 
     this.importVideo(torrentfile)
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-send.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-send.ts
index cf9d47cbe..1bf22e1a9 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-send.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-send.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { LoadingBarService } from '@ngx-loading-bar/core'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
 import { catchError, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { FormReactive } from '@app/shared'
-import { CanComponentDeactivate } from '@app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service'
 import { VideoConstant, VideoPrivacy } from '../../../../../../shared'
 import { AuthService, ServerService } from '@app/core'
 import { VideoService } from '@app/shared/video/video.service'
@@ -11,8 +10,9 @@ import { VideoCaptionEdit } from '@app/shared/video-caption/video-caption-edit.m
 import { VideoCaptionService } from '@app/shared/video-caption'
 import { VideoEdit } from '@app/shared/video/video-edit.model'
 import { populateAsyncUserVideoChannels } from '@app/shared/misc/utils'
+import { CanComponentDeactivateResult } from '@app/shared/guards/can-deactivate-guard.service'
 
-export abstract class VideoSend extends FormReactive implements OnInit, CanComponentDeactivate {
+export abstract class VideoSend extends FormReactive implements OnInit {
   userVideoChannels: { id: number, label: string, support: string }[] = []
   videoPrivacies: VideoConstant<VideoPrivacy>[] = []
   videoCaptions: VideoCaptionEdit[] = []
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export abstract class VideoSend extends FormReactive implements OnInit, CanCompo
   protected videoService: VideoService
   protected videoCaptionService: VideoCaptionService
 
-  abstract canDeactivate (): any
+  abstract canDeactivate (): CanComponentDeactivateResult
 
   ngOnInit () {
     this.buildForm({})
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
index fa6ee0c23..8e2d0deaf 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-edit/video-add-components/video-upload.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HttpEventType, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
-import { Component, EventEmitter, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, ElementRef, EventEmitter, OnDestroy, OnInit, Output, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
 import { Router } from '@angular/router'
 import { LoadingBarService } from '@ngx-loading-bar/core'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { VideoCaptionService } from '@app/shared/video-caption'
 })
 export class VideoUploadComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, OnDestroy, CanComponentDeactivate {
   @Output() firstStepDone = new EventEmitter<string>()
-  @ViewChild('videofileInput') videofileInput: any
+  @ViewChild('videofileInput') videofileInput: ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>
 
   // So that it can be accessed in the template
   readonly SPECIAL_SCHEDULED_PRIVACY = VideoEdit.SPECIAL_SCHEDULED_PRIVACY
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class VideoUploadComponent extends VideoSend implements OnInit, OnDestroy
   }
 
   uploadFirstStep () {
-    const videofile = this.videofileInput.nativeElement.files[0] as File
+    const videofile = this.videofileInput.nativeElement.files[0]
     if (!videofile) return
 
     // Cannot upload videos > 8GB for now
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/linkifier.service.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/linkifier.service.ts
index 9ad419a69..4f4ec1e5d 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/linkifier.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/linkifier.service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
 import { getAbsoluteAPIUrl } from '@app/shared/misc/utils'
+// FIXME: use @types/linkify when https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/29682/files is merged?
 const linkify = require('linkifyjs')
 const linkifyHtml = require('linkifyjs/html')
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.ts
index 982470786..00f0460a1 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.component.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export class VideoCommentComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
   @Output() resetReply = new EventEmitter()
 
   sanitizedCommentHTML = ''
-  newParentComments: any = []
+  newParentComments: VideoComment[] = []
 
   constructor (
     private linkifierService: LinkifierService,
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.service.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.service.ts
index 7d9c2d0ad..921447d5b 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comment.service.ts
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ export class VideoCommentService {
     const url = VideoCommentService.BASE_VIDEO_URL + videoId + '/comment-threads'
     const normalizedComment = lineFeedToHtml(comment, 'text')
 
-    return this.authHttp.post(url, normalizedComment)
+    return this.authHttp.post<{ comment: VideoCommentServerModel }>(url, normalizedComment)
                .pipe(
-                  map((data: any) => this.extractVideoComment(data['comment'])),
+                  map(data => this.extractVideoComment(data.comment)),
                   catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
                )
   }
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ export class VideoCommentService {
     const url = VideoCommentService.BASE_VIDEO_URL + videoId + '/comments/' + inReplyToCommentId
     const normalizedComment = lineFeedToHtml(comment, 'text')
 
-    return this.authHttp.post(url, normalizedComment)
+    return this.authHttp.post<{ comment: VideoCommentServerModel }>(url, normalizedComment)
                .pipe(
-                 map((data: any) => this.extractVideoComment(data[ 'comment' ])),
+                 map(data => this.extractVideoComment(data.comment)),
                  catchError(err => this.restExtractor.handleError(err))
                )
   }
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.html b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.html
index 42e129d65..44016d8ad 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       Comments
     </div>
 
-    <my-video-feed [syndicationItems]="syndicationItems"></my-video-feed>
+    <my-feed [syndicationItems]="syndicationItems"></my-feed>
   </div>
 
   <ng-template [ngIf]="video.commentsEnabled === true">
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.scss b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.scss
index dbb44c66c..575e331e4 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.scss
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   margin-right: 0;
 }
 
-my-video-feed {
+my-feed {
   display: inline-block;
   margin-left: 5px;
 }
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.ts
index 4c1bdf2dd..8850eccd8 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/comment/video-comments.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { VideoDetails } from '../../../shared/video/video-details.model'
 import { VideoComment } from './video-comment.model'
 import { VideoCommentService } from './video-comment.service'
 import { I18n } from '@ngx-translate/i18n-polyfill'
+import { Syndication } from '@app/shared/video/syndication.model'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-video-comments',
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export class VideoCommentsComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
   threadComments: { [ id: number ]: VideoCommentThreadTree } = {}
   threadLoading: { [ id: number ]: boolean } = {}
 
-  syndicationItems: any = []
+  syndicationItems: Syndication[] = []
 
   private sub: Subscription
 
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
index f31e4694a..2586a2204 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.scss
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ $other-videos-width: 260px;
         }
       }
 
-      my-video-feed {
+      my-feed {
         margin-left: 5px;
         margin-top: 1px;
       }
diff --git a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
index ed5e723c9..65b974037 100644
--- a/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/videos/+video-watch/video-watch.component.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { VideoSupportComponent } from '@app/videos/+video-watch/modal/video-supp
 import { MetaService } from '@ngx-meta/core'
 import { NotificationsService } from 'angular2-notifications'
 import { forkJoin, Subscription } from 'rxjs'
-const videojs = require('video.js')
+// FIXME: something weird with our path definition in tsconfig and typings
+// @ts-ignore
+import videojs from 'video.js'
 import 'videojs-hotkeys'
 import { Hotkey, HotkeysService } from 'angular2-hotkeys'
 import * as WebTorrent from 'webtorrent'
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   @ViewChild('videoBlacklistModal') videoBlacklistModal: VideoBlacklistComponent
   @ViewChild('subscribeButton') subscribeButton: SubscribeButtonComponent
 
-  player: any
+  player: videojs.Player
   playerElement: HTMLVideoElement
   userRating: UserVideoRateType = null
   video: VideoDetails = null
@@ -435,7 +437,7 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.zone.runOutsideAngular(async () => {
       videojs(this.playerElement, videojsOptions, function () {
         self.player = this
-        this.on('customError', (data: any) => self.handleError(data.err))
+        this.on('customError', ({ err }: { err: any }) => self.handleError(err))
 
         addContextMenu(self.player, self.video.embedUrl)
       })
@@ -448,7 +450,7 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.checkUserRating()
   }
 
-  private setRating (nextRating: string) {
+  private setRating (nextRating: VideoRateType) {
     let method
     switch (nextRating) {
       case 'like':
@@ -466,11 +468,11 @@ export class VideoWatchComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           .subscribe(
             () => {
               // Update the video like attribute
-              this.updateVideoRating(this.userRating, nextRating as VideoRateType)
-              this.userRating = nextRating as UserVideoRateType
+              this.updateVideoRating(this.userRating, nextRating)
+              this.userRating = nextRating
             },
 
-            (err: any) => this.notificationsService.error(this.i18n('Error'), err.message)
+            (err: { message: string }) => this.notificationsService.error(this.i18n('Error'), err.message)
           )
   }