Typescript flatMap, flat, flatten doesn't exist on type any[]

You should add es2019 or es2019.array to your --lib setting for TypeScript to recognize array.flat() and flatMap().

Example:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "lib": [
      "es2019"
    ]
  }
}

Previously this was available as part of esnext or esnext.array, but it's now officially part of ES2019.

Aaron Beall's answer is excellent. It may be worth knowing that if "lib" is not specified in the tsConfig.JSON file a default list of libraries are injected. The default libraries injected are: ► For --target ES5: DOM,ES5,ScriptHost ► For --target ES6: DOM,ES6,DOM.Iterable,ScriptHost

In other words: We must specify those libs that were previously added automatically. (see: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/compiler-options.html for further info)

"compilerOptions": {

   "target": "es6",

   "lib": [ "es2019", "DOM", "ES6" ,"DOM.Iterable", "ScriptHost"],}

To flat single level array

arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat(val), []);

To flat multi level array

function flatDeep(arr, d = 1) {
   return d > 0 ? arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc.concat(Array.isArray(val) ? flatDeep(val, d - 1) : val), []) : arr.slice();
};

to know deeply you can also check below link

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/flat