60 files changed, 80 insertions, 82 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
index bef4bc068..c4e3cec6b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { MAccountId, MActorId, MChannelId, MVideoId } from '@server/types/models'
 import { VideoPrivacy, VideoRateType } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/inbox.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/inbox.ts
index 30662990a..ece4edff0 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/inbox.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/inbox.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { InboxManager } from '@server/lib/activitypub/inbox-manager'
 import { Activity, ActivityPubCollection, ActivityPubOrderedCollection, RootActivity } from '../../../shared'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/index.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/index.ts
index 7e81902af..8c681820a 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { activityPubClientRouter } from './client'
 import { inboxRouter } from './inbox'
 import { outboxRouter } from './outbox'
diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/outbox.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/outbox.ts
index 22328da7f..bdf9d138b 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/outbox.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/outbox.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { Activity } from '../../../shared/models/activitypub/activity'
 import { VideoPrivacy } from '../../../shared/models/videos'
 import { activityPubCollectionPagination, activityPubContextify } from '../../helpers/activitypub'
diff --git a/server/controllers/activitypub/utils.ts b/server/controllers/activitypub/utils.ts
index 19bdd58eb..f851ef652 100644
--- a/server/controllers/activitypub/utils.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/activitypub/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 
 function activityPubResponse (data: any, res: express.Response) {
   return res.type('application/activity+json; charset=utf-8')
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/abuse.ts b/server/controllers/api/abuse.ts
index e851365e9..72c418e74 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/abuse.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/abuse.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { createAccountAbuse, createVideoAbuse, createVideoCommentAbuse } from '@server/lib/moderation'
 import { Notifier } from '@server/lib/notifier'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/server/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 55e2aaf62..75679b0f4 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { pickCommonVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { buildNSFWFilter, getCountVideos, isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/bulk.ts b/server/controllers/api/bulk.ts
index 62121ece5..d27c3c73e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/bulk.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/bulk.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { removeComment } from '@server/lib/video-comment'
 import { bulkRemoveCommentsOfValidator } from '@server/middlewares/validators/bulk'
 import { VideoCommentModel } from '@server/models/video/video-comment'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/config.ts b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
index ee733a38c..d542f62aa 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/config.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { remove, writeJSON } from 'fs-extra'
 import { snakeCase } from 'lodash'
 import validator from 'validator'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/custom-page.ts b/server/controllers/api/custom-page.ts
index 68d8c2ea4..d1c672f3f 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/custom-page.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/custom-page.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { ServerConfigManager } from '@server/lib/server-config-manager'
 import { ActorCustomPageModel } from '@server/models/account/actor-custom-page'
 import { HttpStatusCode, UserRight } from '@shared/models'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/index.ts
index 93b14dadb..9949b378a 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
+import RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/models'
 import { badRequest } from '../../helpers/express-utils'
 import { CONFIG } from '../../initializers/config'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts b/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
index 9e333322b..7001674bb 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/jobs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { ResultList } from '../../../shared'
 import { Job, JobState, JobType } from '../../../shared/models'
 import { UserRight } from '../../../shared/models/users'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/oauth-clients.ts b/server/controllers/api/oauth-clients.ts
index f95f06864..4990fb0df 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/oauth-clients.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/oauth-clients.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { OAuthClientLocal } from '../../../shared'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { logger } from '../../helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts b/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
index 2dfac15ef..5b16232e2 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/overviews.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as memoizee from 'memoizee'
+import express from 'express'
+import memoizee from 'memoizee'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { VideoModel } from '@server/models/video/video'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts b/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
index 3a9ef34e8..2de7fe41f 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '@server/helpers/utils'
 import { listAvailablePluginsFromIndex } from '@server/lib/plugins/plugin-index'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
index 67adbb307..39efc0b10 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { searchChannelsRouter } from './search-video-channels'
 import { searchPlaylistsRouter } from './search-video-playlists'
 import { searchVideosRouter } from './search-videos'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
index eef222506..25173ac20 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-channels.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { pickSearchChannelQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
index 0a56f19b7..b28f11c79 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-video-playlists.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { isUserAbleToSearchRemoteURI } from '@server/helpers/express-utils'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
index 4a6ce0de4..eb7ce0841 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/search/search-videos.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { sanitizeUrl } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { pickSearchVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/contact.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/contact.ts
index b315e99cf..09ff50f69 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/contact.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/contact.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { ContactForm } from '../../../../shared/models/server'
 import { Emailer } from '../../../lib/emailer'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/debug.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/debug.ts
index 0601b89ce..093e6a03c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/debug.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/debug.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { InboxManager } from '@server/lib/activitypub/inbox-manager'
 import { RemoveDanglingResumableUploadsScheduler } from '@server/lib/schedulers/remove-dangling-resumable-uploads-scheduler'
 import { Debug, SendDebugCommand } from '@shared/models'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
index cbe6b7e4f..2e0fd25eb 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/follows.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { UserRight } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/index.ts
index 32fefefc0..b20718d09 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { contactRouter } from './contact'
 import { debugRouter } from './debug'
 import { serverFollowsRouter } from './follows'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
index 39eceb654..dfd5491aa 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/logs.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { readdir, readFile } from 'fs-extra'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { logger, mtimeSortFilesDesc } from '@server/helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/redundancy.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/redundancy.ts
index e36c8d2db..9f43d3e4e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/redundancy.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/redundancy.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { JobQueue } from '@server/lib/job-queue'
 import { VideoRedundancyModel } from '@server/models/redundancy/video-redundancy'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/server-blocklist.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/server-blocklist.ts
index b3ee50d85..740f95da3 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/server-blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/server-blocklist.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'multer'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
 import { UserNotificationModel } from '@server/models/user/user-notification'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/server/stats.ts b/server/controllers/api/server/stats.ts
index 397702548..d661144ca 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/server/stats.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/server/stats.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { StatsManager } from '@server/lib/stat-manager'
 import { ROUTE_CACHE_LIFETIME } from '../../../initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware } from '../../../middlewares'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
index be800e8b5..bc47e5fec 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
+import express from 'express'
+import RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { tokensRouter } from '@server/controllers/api/users/token'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { OAuthTokenModel } from '@server/models/oauth/oauth-token'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
index a98d79218..83b774d3c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/me.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'multer'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { auditLoggerFactory, getAuditIdFromRes, UserAuditView } from '@server/helpers/audit-logger'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { AttributesOnly } from '@shared/core-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-abuses.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-abuses.ts
index fcd0ce3fc..103c3d332 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-abuses.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-abuses.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { AbuseModel } from '@server/models/abuse/abuse'
 import {
   abuseListForUserValidator,
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-blocklist.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-blocklist.ts
index 24fff83e3..0b56645cf 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-blocklist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-blocklist.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'multer'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { UserNotificationModel } from '@server/models/user/user-notification'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-history.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-history.ts
index a6e723103..2fcb25acf 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-history.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-history.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { getFormattedObjects } from '../../../helpers/utils'
 import { sequelizeTypescript } from '../../../initializers/database'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-notifications.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-notifications.ts
index 3beee07c0..d107a306e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-notifications.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-notifications.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'multer'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { UserNotificationModel } from '@server/models/user/user-notification'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { UserNotificationSetting } from '../../../../shared/models/users'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
index 26a715704..e3c0cf089 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-subscriptions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import 'multer'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { pickCommonVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { sendUndoFollow } from '@server/lib/activitypub/send'
 import { VideoChannelModel } from '@server/models/video/video-channel'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/my-video-playlists.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/my-video-playlists.ts
index 76e741ba5..f55ea2ec4 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/my-video-playlists.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/my-video-playlists.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { VideosExistInPlaylists } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/playlist/video-exist-in-playlist.model'
 import { asyncMiddleware, authenticate } from '../../../middlewares'
 import { doVideosInPlaylistExistValidator } from '../../../middlewares/validators/videos/video-playlists'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/users/token.ts b/server/controllers/api/users/token.ts
index b405ddbf4..d5dbe921c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/users/token.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/users/token.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
+import express from 'express'
+import RateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { buildUUID } from '@server/helpers/uuid'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
index a0c6601d9..b79dc5933 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-channel.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { pickCommonVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
 import { getServerActor } from '@server/models/application/application'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
index 4971d0a77..2f81cf43c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/video-playlist.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { uuidToShort } from '@server/helpers/uuid'
 import { scheduleRefreshIfNeeded } from '@server/lib/activitypub/playlists'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/blacklist.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/blacklist.ts
index 6bc768471..de65c74f1 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/blacklist.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/blacklist.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { blacklistVideo, unblacklistVideo } from '@server/lib/video-blacklist'
 import { UserRight, VideoBlacklistCreate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
index 4008de60f..2d2213327 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/captions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { MVideoCaption } from '@server/types/models'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { moveAndProcessCaptionFile } from '../../../helpers/captions-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
index cb696f652..23bba9089 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/comment.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { ResultList, ThreadsResultList, UserRight, VideoCommentCreate } from '../../../../shared/models'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { VideoCommentThreads } from '../../../../shared/models/videos/comment/video-comment.model'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
index de9a5308a..39fc57788 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/import.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { move, readFile } from 'fs-extra'
-import * as magnetUtil from 'magnet-uri'
-import * as parseTorrent from 'parse-torrent'
+import { decode } from 'magnet-uri'
+import parseTorrent, { Instance } from 'parse-torrent'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { ServerConfigManager } from '@server/lib/server-config-manager'
 import { setVideoTags } from '@server/lib/video'
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ async function processTorrentOrAbortRequest (req: express.Request, res: express.
   torrentfile.path = newTorrentPath
 
   const buf = await readFile(torrentfile.path)
-  const parsedTorrent = parseTorrent(buf) as parseTorrent.Instance
+  const parsedTorrent = parseTorrent(buf) as Instance
 
   if (parsedTorrent.files.length !== 1) {
     cleanUpReqFiles(req)
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ async function processTorrentOrAbortRequest (req: express.Request, res: express.
 
 function processMagnetURI (body: VideoImportCreate) {
   const magnetUri = body.magnetUri
-  const parsed = magnetUtil.decode(magnetUri)
+  const parsed = decode(magnetUri)
 
   return {
     name: extractNameFromArray(parsed.name),
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
index 10833d48b..c0c77f3f7 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import toInt from 'validator/lib/toInt'
 import { pickCommonVideoQuery } from '@server/helpers/query'
 import { doJSONRequest } from '@server/helpers/requests'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
index 151ff354b..efafe64e9 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/live.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { createReqFiles } from '@server/helpers/express-utils'
 import { buildUUID, uuidToShort } from '@server/helpers/uuid'
 import { CONFIG } from '@server/initializers/config'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/ownership.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/ownership.ts
index f48acbc68..043861ac3 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/ownership.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/ownership.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { MVideoFullLight } from '@server/types/models'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { VideoChangeOwnershipStatus, VideoState } from '../../../../shared/models/videos'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
index 96f6cd886..c9cc16644 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/rate.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { UserVideoRateUpdate } from '../../../../shared'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { logger } from '../../../helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/update.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/update.ts
index 49639060b..a98a3e67c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/update.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/update.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { Transaction } from 'sequelize/types'
 import { changeVideoChannelShare } from '@server/lib/activitypub/share'
 import { buildVideoThumbnailsFromReq, setVideoTags } from '@server/lib/video'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/upload.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/upload.ts
index 5c740c041..7ffda749d 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/upload.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/upload.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { move } from 'fs-extra'
 import { basename } from 'path'
 import { getLowercaseExtension } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts b/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts
index 05c75e543..e8c28b613 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/videos/watching.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { UserWatchingVideo } from '../../../../shared'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import {
diff --git a/server/controllers/bots.ts b/server/controllers/bots.ts
index de0411608..63db345bf 100644
--- a/server/controllers/bots.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/bots.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { truncate } from 'lodash'
 import { SitemapStream, streamToPromise } from 'sitemap'
 import { buildNSFWFilter } from '../helpers/express-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/client.ts b/server/controllers/client.ts
index ba3c54440..d81e35ec3 100644
--- a/server/controllers/client.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/client.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { constants, promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import { readFile } from 'fs-extra'
 import { join } from 'path'
diff --git a/server/controllers/download.ts b/server/controllers/download.ts
index ffe40d57e..8da710669 100644
--- a/server/controllers/download.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/download.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { VideosTorrentCache } from '@server/lib/files-cache/videos-torrent-cache'
 import { Hooks } from '@server/lib/plugins/hooks'
diff --git a/server/controllers/feeds.ts b/server/controllers/feeds.ts
index 9fa70a7c8..5ac2e43a1 100644
--- a/server/controllers/feeds.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/feeds.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as Feed from 'pfeed'
+import express from 'express'
+import Feed from 'pfeed'
 import { getCategoryLabel } from '@server/models/video/formatter/video-format-utils'
 import { VideoFilter } from '../../shared/models/videos/video-query.type'
 import { buildNSFWFilter } from '../helpers/express-utils'
diff --git a/server/controllers/lazy-static.ts b/server/controllers/lazy-static.ts
index 632e4dcd8..a4076ee56 100644
--- a/server/controllers/lazy-static.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/lazy-static.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { VideosTorrentCache } from '@server/lib/files-cache/videos-torrent-cache'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '../../shared/models/http/http-error-codes'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger'
diff --git a/server/controllers/live.ts b/server/controllers/live.ts
index 95d5c0135..81008f120 100644
--- a/server/controllers/live.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/live.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { mapToJSON } from '@server/helpers/core-utils'
 import { LiveSegmentShaStore } from '@server/lib/live'
 import { HttpStatusCode } from '@shared/models'
diff --git a/server/controllers/plugins.ts b/server/controllers/plugins.ts
index 11ab3f10a..28fffc9e1 100644
--- a/server/controllers/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/plugins.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { logger } from '@server/helpers/logger'
 import { optionalAuthenticate } from '@server/middlewares/auth'
diff --git a/server/controllers/services.ts b/server/controllers/services.ts
index 8c0af9ff7..8a8a95486 100644
--- a/server/controllers/services.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/services.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as express from 'express'
+import express from 'express'
 import { EMBED_SIZE, PREVIEWS_SIZE, WEBSERVER, THUMBNAILS_SIZE } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware, oembedValidator } from '../middlewares'
 import { accountNameWithHostGetValidator } from '../middlewares/validators'
diff --git a/server/controllers/static.ts b/server/controllers/static.ts
index 912d7e36c..1c04e4b11 100644
--- a/server/controllers/static.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/static.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import { serveIndexHTML } from '@server/lib/client-html'
 import { ServerConfigManager } from '@server/lib/server-config-manager'
diff --git a/server/controllers/tracker.ts b/server/controllers/tracker.ts
index 37f8f12c9..da9c68c6c 100644
--- a/server/controllers/tracker.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/tracker.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import * as bitTorrentTracker from 'bittorrent-tracker'
-import * as express from 'express'
-import * as http from 'http'
-import * as proxyAddr from 'proxy-addr'
+import { Server as TrackerServer } from 'bittorrent-tracker'
+import express from 'express'
+import { createServer } from 'http'
+import proxyAddr from 'proxy-addr'
 import { Server as WebSocketServer } from 'ws'
 import { Redis } from '@server/lib/redis'
 import { logger } from '../helpers/logger'
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import { TRACKER_RATE_LIMITS } from '../initializers/constants'
 import { VideoFileModel } from '../models/video/video-file'
 import { VideoStreamingPlaylistModel } from '../models/video/video-streaming-playlist'
 
-const TrackerServer = bitTorrentTracker.Server
-
 const trackerRouter = express.Router()
 
 let peersIps = {}
@@ -86,7 +84,7 @@ trackerRouter.get('/tracker/announce', (req, res) => onHttpRequest(req, res, { a
 trackerRouter.get('/tracker/scrape', (req, res) => onHttpRequest(req, res, { action: 'scrape' }))
 
 function createWebsocketTrackerServer (app: express.Application) {
-  const server = http.createServer(app)
+  const server = createServer(app)
   const wss = new WebSocketServer({ noServer: true })
 
   wss.on('connection', function (ws, req) {
diff --git a/server/controllers/webfinger.ts b/server/controllers/webfinger.ts
index 885e4498f..29ce01166 100644
--- a/server/controllers/webfinger.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/webfinger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as cors from 'cors'
-import * as express from 'express'
+import cors from 'cors'
+import express from 'express'
 import { WEBSERVER } from '@server/initializers/constants'
 import { asyncMiddleware } from '../middlewares'
 import { webfingerValidator } from '../middlewares/validators'