@srhenry/type-utils
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Type utilities for Typescript and also Javascript
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Type Utils
Type utilities module for Typescript and also Javascript. It can secure your application from invalid data being pushed inside and breaking things as it can shape and model your data to prevent invalid data. Check out the documentation for further details.
Table of Contents
- Type Utils
Installing
With NPM:
npm install @srhenry/type-utils --saveWith Yarn:
yarn add @srhenry/type-utilsDocs
Schema types
Schema.string
It represents a string to typescript's type infers and runtime validation
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isString = string() //any string
const isAvocadoString = string('avocado') //specific string
const isPatternString = string(/goo+gle/) //pattern/RegExp matched stringSchema.number
It represents a number to typescript's type infers and runtime validation
import { number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNumber = number()Schema.boolean
It represents a number to typescript's type infers and runtime validation
import { boolean } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isBoolean = boolean()Schema.object
It represents a well defined object to typescript's type infers and runtime validation, which its properties are also described using the Schema helpers
import { object, string, number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isMyObject = object({
foo: string(),
bar: number(),
})Schema.array
It represents an array to typescript's type infers and runtime validation, which its items can also be described using the Schema helpers
import { array, string, object } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isArray = array() // array of anything
const isMyArray = array(string()) // array of strings
const isMyObjArray = array(object({ foo: string('bar') }))
const isMyObjArray2 = array({ foo: string('bar') })Schema.symbol
It represents a symbol to typescript's type infers and runtime validation
import { symbol } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isSymbol = symbol()Schema.asEnum
It represents a closed switch values to typescript's type infers and runtime validation. It ensures your value is one of the values given in params.
import { asEnum } from "@srhenry/type-utils"
enum Status {
ready: 1,
running: 2,
stopped: 3,
}
const validStatus = [...Object.keys(Status)] as (keyof typeof Status)[]
const isStatus = asEnum(validStatus)Schema.asNull
It represents a null literal to typescript's type infers and runtime validation.
import { asNull } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNull = asNull()Schema.primitive
It represents a primitive values (such as string, number, boolean, symbol, null, undefined) to typescript's type infers and runtime validation.
import { primitive } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isSymbol = primitive()Schema.any
It represents a 'any' value to typescript's type infers and runtime validation. It does nothing to validate a narrowed type but can be useful to improve readability in more complex schemas.
import { any, object } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isAny = any()
const objectHasFoo = object({ foo: isAny }) //it checks if is object and if has `foo` property but doesn't care checking its typeSchema.optional
Since
v0.5.0, this method was removed, but also embeded in all exported schemas.
Since
v0.6.0, this method was replaced to be a property in the returned type guard instead of a property of the schema.
It represents a optional value to typescript's type infers and runtime validation. You can access this schema by acessing the .optional property in the desired optional schema:
import { object, string, number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const objectMaybeHasFoo = object({
foo: string().optional(),
bar: number().optional()
})
// it checks if is object and if has `foo`.
// if it has `foo` then check if it is string or undefined,
// if it hasn't then pass anyway as it is optional property.Schema helpers
Schema.and
It creates an intersection between two schemas.
import { object, string, and } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const hasFoo = object({ foo: string() })
const hasBar = object({ bar: string() })
const isSomething = and(hasFoo, hasBar)Schema.or
It creates an union between two schemas.
import { string, boolean, or } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isString = string()
const isBool = boolean()
const isSomething = or(isString, isBool)Schema.useSchema
It wraps a schema (just to improve readability).
import { object, string, array, useSchema } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const hasFoo = object({ foo: string() })
const isFooArray = array(useSchema(hasFoo))Validation rules
Number.nonZero
It constraints a number to be different from 0.
import { number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNonZeroNumber = number().nonZero()Number.max
It constraints a number to be lesser than a given number.
import { number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNonZeroNumber = number().max(255)Number.min
It constraints a number to be greater than a given number.
import { number } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNonZeroNumber = number().min(1)Array.max
It constraints an array's size to be lesser than a given number.
import { array, any } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isArray = array(any()).max(25)Array.min
It constraints an array's size to be greater than a given number.
import { array, any } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isArray = array(any()).min(2)Array.unique
It constraints an array to contain only distinct values, failling if a duplicate is found.
import { array, string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isArray = array(string()).unique()String.max
It constraints a string's size to be lesser than a given number.
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isString = string().max(60)String.min
It constraints a string's size to be greater than a given number.
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isString = string().min(10)String.regex
It constraints a string to match a given pattern (regular expression).
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNumericString = string(/[0-9]+/)
// or using fluent pattern:
const isNumericString2 = string().regex(/[0-9]+/)String.nonEmpty
It constraints a string's size to be greater than 0.
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isString = string().nonEmpty()String.url
It constraints a string to be a valid url representation.
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isStringUrl = string().url()String.email
It constraints a string to be a valid email representation.
import { string } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isStringEmail = string().email()Record.nonEmpty
It constrains a record to not be empty.
import { record } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const isNonEmptyRecord = record().nonEmpty()Schema.use
Since
v0.6.0
It allows you to create custom validation rules to be used in schemas.
import { string, createRule } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const StringNumber = createRule({
name: "Custom.StringNumber",
message: "number",
handler: (value: string) => () => !Number.isNaN(Number(value)),
});
const isStringNumber = string().use(StringNumber())Schema.validator
Since
v0.6.1
It allows you to get a validator instance to validate a value against the schema.
import { string, or, object, createInlineRule, createRule } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const StringNumber = createRule({
name: "Custom.StringNumber",
message: "number",
handler: (value: string) => () => !Number.isNaN(Number(value)),
});
const isStringNumberOrObject = or(
string()
.use(createInlineRule("Custom.StringNumber", (value: string) => !Number.isNaN(Number(value)))),
object({
foo: string().use(StringNumber()),
bar: string().optional()
}));Available validations
is
It checks a given value against a given schema or validator and return true if schema matches the value, otherwise return false.
import { string, is } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
//...
if (is(value, string())) {
// value is string
} else {
// value is not a string
}ensureInterface
It checks a given value against a given schema or validator and returns the checked value with schema inferred type if schema matches the value or throws an error if schema didn't match the value. Pretty clean to use with destructuring pattern.
import { object, number, string, ensureInterface } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
//...
const { foo, bar } = ensureInterface(value, object({
foo: number(),
bar: string(),
}) //It throws an error if validation fails!
console.log('foo', foo) // foo
console.log('bar', bar) // barNOTE: You can use schema directly to validate a value.
import { object, number } from "@srhenry/type-utils"
const hasFoo = object({ foo: number() }))
//...
if (hasFoo(obj)) {
// obj is object and contains a string property named `foo`
} else {
// obj don't have a `foo` property of type string
}Match Pattern
match()
Create a new reusable pattern matcher object or an inline pattern matcher object for a given value.
Reusable matcher example:
import { match, object, string, array, pick } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const matcher = match()
.with(object({ foo: string().min(3) }), obj => `Foo is valid: '${obj.foo}'`)
.with(string().nonEmpty(), str => `String is valid: '${str}'`)
.default(() => { throw new TypeError('😭') })
matcher.exec('foo') //String is valid: 'foo'
matcher.exec({ foo: 'bar' }) //Foo is valid: 'bar'
matcher.exec({ foo: 'ba' }) //TypeError: 😭
matcher.exec("") //TypeError: 😭Inline matcher example:
import { match, object, string, array, pick } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
//API endpoint processing example:
const { data } = payload
const responses = await Promise.allSettled(
match(data)
.with(object({ events: array() }), ({ events }) => events.map(e =>
match(e)
.with(
object({ type: string("USER_EVENT"), uid: string() }),
({ type: _, uid, ...data }) => UserEvent.send({ from:uid, ...data }))
.with(
object({ type: string("SYSTEM_EVENT") }),
({ type: _, ...data }) => SystemEvent.process({ ...data }))
.default(() => null)
.exec()))
.default(() => [])
.exec()
.filter(Boolean))
.then(results =>
results.map(result => match(result)
.with(
object({ status: string("fulfilled") }),
({ value }) => parseToResponse(value))
.with(
object({ status: string("rejected") }), ({ reason }) => {
log.error('Event processing failed:', reason)
switch(reason.type) {
case 'UserEventError':
//specific handling for user event errors
return UserEventError.from(reason)
break;
case 'SystemError':
//specific handling for system event errors
return SystemError.from(reason)
break;
default:
return reason
}})
.exec()))
return new JsonResponse({ success:true, event_responses: responses }) //formatted responseUtil Types
Fn
It represents a synchronous function type. It has two type parameters: the first is a tuple representing the function parameters types, and the second is the return type of the function.
import type { Fn } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const fn: Fn<[number, number], number> // fn: (arg_0: number, arg_1: number) => numberAsyncFn
It represents an asynchronous function type. It has two type parameters: the first is a tuple representing the function parameters types, and the second is the resolved return type of the function.
import type { AsyncFn } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const fn: AsyncFn<[number, number], number> // fn: (arg_0: number, arg_1: number) => Promise<number>Action
It represents a synchronous function type that does not return any value (void). It has one type parameter: a tuple representing the function parameters type.
import type { Action } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const fn: Action<[string]> // fn: (arg_0: string) => voidPredicate
It represents a predicate function type. It has one type parameter: a tuple representing the function parameters type.
import type { Predicate } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const fn: Predicate<[any]> // fn: (arg_0: any) => booleanResult
It represents an result type tuple.
It has two type parameters: the first is the success type, and the second is the failure type (optional, default Error).
import type { Result } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const res1: Result<number> // res1: [null, number] | [Error, null]
declare const res2: Result<string, TypeError> // res2: [null, string] | [TypeError, null]AsyncResult
It represents an asynchronous result type tuple.
It has two type parameters: the first is the success type, and the second is the failure type (optional, default Error).
import type { AsyncResult } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const res1: AsyncResult<number> // res1: [null, number] | [Error, null]
declare const res2: AsyncResult<string, TypeError> // res2: [null, string] | [TypeError, null]TupleSlice
It slices a tuple type. It has three type parameters: the first is the tuple type to be sliced, the second is the start index (inclusive), and the third is the end index (exclusive, optional, default to tuple length).
import type { TupleSlice } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const res1: TupleSlice<[number, string, boolean], 1> // res1: [string, boolean]
declare const res2: TupleSlice<[number, string, boolean], 1, 2> // res2: [string]Param
It extracts the type of a function parameter by its index. It has two type parameters: the first is the function type, and the second is the parameter index.
import type { Param } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const res1: Param<(a: number, b: string) => void, 0> // res1: number
declare const res2: Param<(a: number, b: string) => void, 1> // res2: stringInfer
It infers the type from a type guard function. It has one type parameter: the type guard function type.
import { type Infer, array } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
declare const isArray = array()
declare const res1: Infer<(a: unknown) => a is number> // res1: number
declare const res2: Infer<(a: unknown) => a is string[]> // res2: string[]
declare const res3: Infer<typeof isArray> // res3: any[]Experimental Features
Lambda
This was inspired in C# Lambdas, equivalent to arrow functions in Javascript/Typescript, but this helper adds invoke() method to a function instance. useful to improve readability when you have a function that returns another and you wanna call 'em all in a row, using fluent pattern.
import { Experimental } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const { lambda } = Experimental
function builder(locales: string | string[] = 'en-US') {
function formatter(
options: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
dateStyle: 'short',
timeStyle: 'short',
}
) {
function format(date: Date | string) {
return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locales, options).format(new Date(date))
}
return lambda(format)
}
return lambda(formatter)
}
console.log(
'1970-01-01T00:00 =',
builder('en-UK').invoke({ dateStyle: 'long' }).invoke('1970-01-01')
) // 01 January 1970Function/Lambda Currying
This does type-wisely curries a function or lambda, in two flavors: allowing or not partial param applying (default is not allowed). The process of currying a function is traditionally a techique that allows you to call the refered function passing one parameter at a time, returning another function to further apply remaining parameters, then returning whatever the original function returns after all parameters were given to curried function. In Javascript this techinque usually allows partial apply, and in that way you can pass more than one parameter at a time, and everything else remains equal to the traditional currying.
import { Experimental } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const { lambda, curry } = Experimental
// lets reuse earlier example:
function builder(
locales: string | string[],
options: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions,
date: Date | string
) {
return new Intl.DateTimeFormat(locales, options).format(new Date(date))
}
const curried = curry(builder)
const curriedLambda = curry(lambda(builder))
console.log(
curried('en-GB')({ timeStyle: 'short', timeZone: 'Etc/Greenwich' })(
new Date('2020-05-10T22:35:08Z')
)
) // 22:35
console.log(
curriedLambda('en-US')
.invoke({ dateStyle: 'short', timeStyle: 'short', timeZone: 'America/New_York' })
.invoke(new Date('2020-05-10T22:35:08Z'))
) // (EDT) 5/10/20, 6:35 PMPipelines/Pipes
This is a fluent API to create sync/async function pipelines. Inspired in FP pipe operator while it does not comes to Javascript/Typescript yet. It allows only single param functions, piping the return as the parameter to the next function in pipeline.
import { Experimental } from '@srhenry/type-utils'
const { pipe, enpipe, lambda } = Experimental
const addUserFactory =
(db: Record<string, Record<string, any>[]>) => (user: Record<string, any>) =>
new Promise<string>(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
const id = uuid()
db['users'] ??= []
db['users']?.push({ id, ...user })
resolve(id)
}, 200)
})
const addPostFactory =
(db: Record<string, Record<string, any>[]>) => (user_id: string, post: Record<string, any>) =>
new Promise<boolean>(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => {
db['posts'] ??= []
db['posts']?.push({ user_id, ...post })
resolve(true)
}, 300)
})
const db = {
users: [] as Record<string, any>[],
posts: [] as Record<string, any>[],
} as Record<string, Record<string, any>[]>
const len = <T = any>(s: string | ArrayLike<T>) => s.length
const addPostCurried = (post: Record<string, any>) => (id: string) =>
pipe(addPostFactory).pipe(enpipe(db)).pipe(lambda).invoke(id, post)
const result = await pipe(addUserFactory)
.pipe(enpipe(db))
.pipe(
enpipe({
name: 'Marcus',
email: '[email protected]',
})
)
.pipeAsync(
addPostCurried({
title: 'Hello World',
content: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
})
)
.pipeAsync(() => {
if (len(db['users']!) === 0 || len(db['posts']!) === 0) return false
db['replies'] = []
return true
})
.depipe() // true | falseSwitch Expression
@deprecated since 0.6.2.
Use the new
match()factory instead.
This helper enables you to build switch expressions as it is not available in Javascript vanilla. Each branch allows you to define the matchers or values ahead of time with literal values or inline expressions, or define with callbacks to customize handling of each branch, making it a powerfull way to describe a complex switch without if-else-if language syntax. It defines a lambda as the switch runner, so you can define and run it in the row with more readability.
Reusable switcher
const switcher = $switch()
.case(4, 'four')
.case(3, 'three')
.case(2, 'two')
.case(1, 'one')
.default('none of the above') // it does not run yet
console.log(switcher.invoke(1)) // one
console.log(switcher.invoke(3)) // three
console.log(switcher.invoke(10)) // none of the aboveStored switcher
const switcher = $switch(5)
.case(4, 'four')
.case(3, 'three')
.case(2, 'two')
.case(1, 'one')
.default('none of the above') // it does not run yet
console.log(switcher()) // none of the above
console.log(switcher.invoke()) // none of the above
console.log(switcher.invoke(1)) // none of the above
console.log(switcher(3)) // none of the abovemore complex matching logic / runtime branch evaluation
const switcher = $switch<number>()
.case(
n => n % 2 === 0,
() => Math.floor(Math.random() * 10_000) + 1
)
.default(n => n ** n)
console.log(switcher(1)) // 1 (1^1)
console.log(switcher(2)) // random number between 1-10000
console.log(switcher(3)) // 27 (3^3)
console.log(switcher(4)) // random number between 1-10000
console.log(switcher(5)) // 3125 (5^5)
console.log(switcher(6)) // random number between 1-10000
console.log(switcher(7)) // 823543 (7^7)