I'm trying to access the service's reference into my static method like so : export class myComponent { constructor(private backend: BackendService) { } public static myMethod() { myComponent.backend.getData() .subscribe( data => { console.log(data) }, error => { console.error(error); } ); } } I'm getting Property backend doesn't exist on type 'typeof myComponent' How can I access backend reference? Thanks. Continue reading...