let value = 9001;
//  ^? let value: number

// $ExpectError
value = "over nine thousand";

// $ExpectType number
9001;

Installation

Make sure you have TypeScript and @typescript-eslint/parser installed, then install the plugin:

npm i -D eslint-plugin-expect-type

See typescript-eslint's Getting Started docs for how to run ESLint on TypeScript files.

Usage

Add the following options to your ESLint configuration file:

import expectType from "eslint-plugin-expect-type/configs/recommended";

export default [
	// your other ESLint configurations
	expectType,
];

Then, you'll be able to use ^?, $ExpectError, $ExpectType, and $ExpectTypeSnapshot comments in code assert on types.

Usage (Legacy Config)

If you're still using the legacy ESLint configuration file format:

{
	"extends": ["plugin:expect-type/recommended"],
	"plugins": ["expect-type"]
}

Rules

💼 Configurations enabled in.
✅ Set in the recommended configuration.
🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.
💭 Requires type information.

| Name | Description | 💼 | 🔧 | 💭 | | :----------------------------- | :------------------------------------------ | :- | :- | :- | | expect | Expects type error, type snapshot, or type. | ✅ | 🔧 | 💭 |

References

You might consider using other popular type assertion libraries in the TypeScript ecosystem:

• expect-type: Provides functions that return assorted generic type assertion methods, such as expectTypeOf('abc').toMatchTypeOf<string>().
• ts-expect: Provides generic type assertion function, used like expectType<string>('abc')().
• tsd: Allows writing tests specifically for .d.ts definition files.
• Vitest: Includes assertType and expectTypeOf assertions.

TypeScript Version Support

eslint-plugin-expect-type mirrors the DefinitelyTyped TypeScript Support Window. Roughly, that's major versions of TypeScript less than 2 years old.

Appreciation

Many thanks to @ibezkrovnyi for creating the initial version and core infrastructure of this package! 💖

Contributors

💙 This package was templated with create-typescript-app.