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There are a few different ways to approach dynamically importing all image files in a folder in TypeScript, but one common method is to use the require.context() method provided by Webpack.

Here's an example of how this could be done:

  1. First, create a folder containing all of the image files you want to import. For simplicity, let's call this folder "images" and assume it's located in the root directory of your project.

  2. In your TypeScript file, you can use the following code to dynamically import all the image files in the "images" folder:

const images = {} as { [key: string]: string }; // create an empty object to store the imported images

const importAll = (r: any) => {
  r.keys().forEach((key: string) => {
    images[key.replace("./", "")] = r(key); // import the image and add it to the images object
  });
};

importAll(require.context("./images", false, /\.(png|jpe?g|svg)$/)); // call the importAll function with the appropriate file extensions

This code will use Webpack's require.context() method to create a context that includes all image files in the "images" folder with a ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", or ".svg" extension. It will then iterate over each of these files, import them using the r() function provided by require.context(), and add them to the images object with their file names as keys.

  1. You can now use the imported images in your TypeScript code by accessing them with their file names as keys in the images object. For example:
const myImage = images["my-image.png"];

Note that this approach assumes you're using Webpack to build your TypeScript application. If you're using a different bundler or setup, you may need to use a different method to dynamically import images.