What is type-fest?
The type-fest package provides a collection of essential TypeScript types for use in a wide range of applications. It includes utility types, primitive types, and complex object types to enhance TypeScript's static typing capabilities.
What are type-fest's main functionalities?
Primitive types
Includes types like LiteralUnion, Primitive, and Promisable, which help with defining literals, primitive values, and promise-like structures.
{"isPrimitive": true}
Basic utilities
Provides utility types such as Except, Mutable, ReadonlyDeep, and many others that help manipulate and transform types in various ways.
{"isEmptyArray": array.length === 0}
Object types
Contains types for working with objects, such as Merge and RequireAtLeastOne, which assist in merging types and ensuring at least one property is present, respectively.
{"isObjectClean": Object.keys(object).length === 0 && object.constructor === Object}
Conditional types
Includes conditional types like ConditionalExcept and ConditionalKeys, which apply conditions to filter keys or properties of types.
{"isTruthy": T extends false | '' | 0 | null | undefined ? false : true}
Other packages similar to type-fest
utility-types
The utility-types package provides a collection of utility types for TypeScript, similar to type-fest. It includes types for operations like picking, omitting, and readonly transformations. It is comparable to type-fest but may have a different set of utilities and slightly different implementations.
ts-essentials
ts-essentials offers a wide range of TypeScript types, including deep readonly and writable types, as well as utility types for better type inference. It is similar to type-fest in its goal to enhance TypeScript's type system but may differ in the specific types offered and its API design.
typesafe-actions
While typesafe-actions is more focused on Redux action creators, it also provides utility types for better type safety in Redux. It is similar to type-fest in that it enhances TypeScript's type system but is more specialized for Redux-related typing.
A collection of essential TypeScript types
Many of the types here should have been built-in. You can help by suggesting some of them to the TypeScript project.
Either add this package as a dependency or copy-paste the needed types. No credit required. 👌
PR welcome for additional commonly needed types and docs improvements. Read the contributing guidelines first.
Help wanted with reviewing proposals and pull requests.
Install
npm install type-fest
Requires TypeScript >=5.1
Works best with {strict: true}
in your tsconfig.
Usage
import type {Except} from 'type-fest';
type Foo = {
unicorn: string;
rainbow: boolean;
};
type FooWithoutRainbow = Except<Foo, 'rainbow'>;
API
Click the type names for complete docs.
Basic
Utilities
EmptyObject
- Represents a strictly empty plain object, the {}
value.NonEmptyObject
- Represents an object with at least 1 non-optional key.UnknownRecord
- Represents an object with unknown
value. You probably want this instead of {}
.UnknownArray
- Represents an array with unknown
value.Except
- Create a type from an object type without certain keys. This is a stricter version of Omit
.Writable
- Create a type that strips readonly
from the given type. Inverse of Readonly<T>
.WritableDeep
- Create a deeply mutable version of an object
/ReadonlyMap
/ReadonlySet
/ReadonlyArray
type. The inverse of ReadonlyDeep<T>
. Use Writable<T>
if you only need one level deep.Merge
- Merge two types into a new type. Keys of the second type overrides keys of the first type.MergeDeep
- Merge two objects or two arrays/tuples recursively into a new type.MergeExclusive
- Create a type that has mutually exclusive keys.OverrideProperties
- Override only existing properties of the given type. Similar to Merge
, but enforces that the original type has the properties you want to override.RequireAtLeastOne
- Create a type that requires at least one of the given keys.RequireExactlyOne
- Create a type that requires exactly a single key of the given keys and disallows more.RequireAllOrNone
- Create a type that requires all of the given keys or none of the given keys.RequireOneOrNone
- Create a type that requires exactly a single key of the given keys and disallows more, or none of the given keys.SingleKeyObject
- Create a type that only accepts an object with a single key.RequiredDeep
- Create a deeply required version of another type. Use Required<T>
if you only need one level deep.PickDeep
- Pick properties from a deeply-nested object. Use Pick<T>
if you only need one level deep.OmitDeep
- Omit properties from a deeply-nested object. Use Omit<T>
if you only need one level deep.OmitIndexSignature
- Omit any index signatures from the given object type, leaving only explicitly defined properties.PickIndexSignature
- Pick only index signatures from the given object type, leaving out all explicitly defined properties.PartialDeep
- Create a deeply optional version of another type. Use Partial<T>
if you only need one level deep.PartialOnUndefinedDeep
- Create a deep version of another type where all keys accepting undefined
type are set to optional.UndefinedOnPartialDeep
- Create a deep version of another type where all optional keys are set to also accept undefined
.ReadonlyDeep
- Create a deeply immutable version of an object
/Map
/Set
/Array
type. Use Readonly<T>
if you only need one level deep.LiteralUnion
- Create a union type by combining primitive types and literal types without sacrificing auto-completion in IDEs for the literal type part of the union. Workaround for Microsoft/TypeScript#29729.Tagged
- Create a tagged type that can support multiple tags and per-tag metadata. (This replaces the previous Opaque
type, which is now deprecated.)UnwrapTagged
- Get the untagged portion of a tagged type created with Tagged
. (This replaces the previous UnwrapOpaque
type, which is now deprecated.)InvariantOf
- Create an invariant type, which is a type that does not accept supertypes and subtypes.SetOptional
- Create a type that makes the given keys optional.SetReadonly
- Create a type that makes the given keys readonly.SetRequired
- Create a type that makes the given keys required.SetNonNullable
- Create a type that makes the given keys non-nullable.ValueOf
- Create a union of the given object's values, and optionally specify which keys to get the values from.ConditionalKeys
- Extract keys from a shape where values extend the given Condition
type.ConditionalPick
- Like Pick
except it selects properties from a shape where the values extend the given Condition
type.ConditionalPickDeep
- Like ConditionalPick
except that it selects the properties deeply.ConditionalExcept
- Like Omit
except it removes properties from a shape where the values extend the given Condition
type.UnionToIntersection
- Convert a union type to an intersection type.LiteralToPrimitive
- Convert a literal type to the primitive type it belongs to.LiteralToPrimitiveDeep
- Like LiteralToPrimitive
except it converts literal types inside an object or array deeply.Stringified
- Create a type with the keys of the given type changed to string
type.IterableElement
- Get the element type of an Iterable
/AsyncIterable
. For example, Array
, Set
, Map
, generator, stream, etc.Entry
- Create a type that represents the type of an entry of a collection.Entries
- Create a type that represents the type of the entries of a collection.SetReturnType
- Create a function type with a return type of your choice and the same parameters as the given function type.SetParameterType
- Create a function that replaces some parameters with the given parameters.Simplify
- Useful to flatten the type output to improve type hints shown in editors. And also to transform an interface into a type to aide with assignability.SimplifyDeep
- Deeply simplifies an object type.Get
- Get a deeply-nested property from an object using a key path, like Lodash's .get()
function.StringKeyOf
- Get keys of the given type as strings.Schema
- Create a deep version of another object type where property values are recursively replaced into a given value type.Exact
- Create a type that does not allow extra properties.OptionalKeysOf
- Extract all optional keys from the given type.KeysOfUnion
- Create a union of all keys from a given type, even those exclusive to specific union members.HasOptionalKeys
- Create a true
/false
type depending on whether the given type has any optional fields.RequiredKeysOf
- Extract all required keys from the given type.HasRequiredKeys
- Create a true
/false
type depending on whether the given type has any required fields.ReadonlyKeysOf
- Extract all readonly keys from the given type.HasReadonlyKeys
- Create a true
/false
type depending on whether the given type has any readonly fields.WritableKeysOf
- Extract all writable (non-readonly) keys from the given type.HasWritableKeys
- Create a true
/false
type depending on whether the given type has any writable fields.Spread
- Mimic the type inferred by TypeScript when merging two objects or two arrays/tuples using the spread syntax.IsEqual
- Returns a boolean for whether the two given types are equal.TaggedUnion
- Create a union of types that share a common discriminant property.IntRange
- Generate a union of numbers (includes the start and excludes the end).IntClosedRange
- Generate a union of numbers (includes the start and the end).IntRange
- Generate a union of numbers.ArrayIndices
- Provides valid indices for a constant array or tuple.ArrayValues
- Provides all values for a constant array or tuple.ArraySplice
- Creates a new array type by adding or removing elements at a specified index range in the original array.ArrayTail
- Extracts the type of an array or tuple minus the first element.SetFieldType
- Create a type that changes the type of the given keys.Paths
- Generate a union of all possible paths to properties in the given object.SharedUnionFieldsDeep
- Create a type with shared fields from a union of object types, deeply traversing nested structures.DistributedOmit
- Omits keys from a type, distributing the operation over a union.DistributedPick
- Picks keys from a type, distributing the operation over a union.And
- Returns a boolean for whether two given types are both true.Or
- Returns a boolean for whether either of two given types are true.NonEmptyTuple
- Matches any non-empty tuple.FindGlobalType
- Tries to find the type of a global with the given name.FindGlobalInstanceType
- Tries to find one or more types from their globally-defined constructors.
Type Guard
IsType
vs. IfType
For every IsT
type (e.g. IsAny
), there is an associated IfT
type that can help simplify conditional types. While the IsT
types return a boolean
, the IfT
types act like an If
/Else
- they resolve to the given TypeIfT
or TypeIfNotT
depending on whether IsX
is true
or not. By default, IfT
returns a boolean
:
type IfAny<T, TypeIfAny = true, TypeIfNotAny = false> = (
IsAny<T> extends true ? TypeIfAny : TypeIfNotAny
);
Usage
import type {IsAny, IfAny} from 'type-fest';
type ShouldBeTrue = IsAny<any> extends true ? true : false;
type ShouldBeFalse = IfAny<'not any'>;
type ShouldBeNever = IfAny<'not any', 'not never', 'never'>;
JSON
Jsonify
- Transform a type to one that is assignable to the JsonValue
type.Jsonifiable
- Matches a value that can be losslessly converted to JSON.JsonPrimitive
- Matches a JSON primitive.JsonObject
- Matches a JSON object.JsonArray
- Matches a JSON array.JsonValue
- Matches any valid JSON value.
Structured clone
Async
Promisable
- Create a type that represents either the value or the value wrapped in PromiseLike
.AsyncReturnType
- Unwrap the return type of a function that returns a Promise
.Asyncify
- Create an async version of the given function type.
String
Trim
- Remove leading and trailing spaces from a string.Split
- Represents an array of strings split using a given character or character set.Words
- Represents an array of strings split using a heuristic for detecting words.Replace
- Represents a string with some or all matches replaced by a replacement.StringSlice
- Returns a string slice of a given range, just like String#slice()
.StringRepeat
- Returns a new string which contains the specified number of copies of a given string, just like String#repeat()
.
Array
Arrayable
- Create a type that represents either the value or an array of the value.Includes
- Returns a boolean for whether the given array includes the given item.Join
- Join an array of strings and/or numbers using the given string as a delimiter.ArraySlice
- Returns an array slice of a given range, just like Array#slice()
.LastArrayElement
- Extracts the type of the last element of an array.FixedLengthArray
- Create a type that represents an array of the given type and length.MultidimensionalArray
- Create a type that represents a multidimensional array of the given type and dimensions.MultidimensionalReadonlyArray
- Create a type that represents a multidimensional readonly array of the given type and dimensions.ReadonlyTuple
- Create a type that represents a read-only tuple of the given type and length.TupleToUnion
- Convert a tuple/array into a union type of its elements.UnionToTuple
- Convert a union type into an unordered tuple type of its elements.
Numeric
PositiveInfinity
- Matches the hidden Infinity
type.NegativeInfinity
- Matches the hidden -Infinity
type.Finite
- A finite number
.Integer
- A number
that is an integer.Float
- A number
that is not an integer.NegativeFloat
- A negative (-∞ < x < 0
) number
that is not an integer.Negative
- A negative number
/bigint
(-∞ < x < 0
)NonNegative
- A non-negative number
/bigint
(0 <= x < ∞
).NegativeInteger
- A negative (-∞ < x < 0
) number
that is an integer.NonNegativeInteger
- A non-negative (0 <= x < ∞
) number
that is an integer.IsNegative
- Returns a boolean for whether the given number is a negative number.IsFloat
- Returns a boolean for whether the given number is a float, like 1.5
or -1.5
.IsInteger
- Returns a boolean for whether the given number is a integer, like -5
, 1.0
or 100
.GreaterThan
- Returns a boolean for whether a given number is greater than another number.GreaterThanOrEqual
- Returns a boolean for whether a given number is greater than or equal to another number.LessThan
- Returns a boolean for whether a given number is less than another number.LessThanOrEqual
- Returns a boolean for whether a given number is less than or equal to another number.Sum
- Returns the sum of two numbers.Subtract
- Returns the difference between two numbers.
Change case
Miscellaneous
Declined types
If we decline a type addition, we will make sure to document the better solution here.
Diff
and Spread
- The pull request author didn't provide any real-world use-cases and the PR went stale. If you think this type is useful, provide some real-world use-cases and we might reconsider.Dictionary
- You only save a few characters (Dictionary<number>
vs Record<string, number>
) from Record
, which is more flexible and well-known. Also, you shouldn't use an object as a dictionary. We have Map
in JavaScript now.ExtractProperties
and ExtractMethods
- The types violate the single responsibility principle. Instead, refine your types into more granular type hierarchies.Url2Json
- Inferring search parameters from a URL string is a cute idea, but not very useful in practice, since search parameters are usually dynamic and defined separately.Nullish
- The type only saves a couple of characters, not everyone knows what "nullish" means, and I'm also trying to get away from null
.TitleCase
- It's not solving a common need and is a better fit for a separate package.ExtendOr
and ExtendAnd
- The benefits don't outweigh having to learn what they mean.PackageJsonExtras
- There are too many possible configurations that can be put into package.json
. If you would like to extend PackageJson
to support an additional configuration in your project, please see the Extending existing types section below.
Alternative type names
If you know one of our types by a different name, add it here for discovery.
Tips
Extending existing types
Related
Built-in types
There are many advanced types most users don't know about.
-
Awaited<T>
- Extract the type of a value that a Promise
resolves to.
Example
Playground
interface User {
id: number;
name: string;
age: number;
}
class UserApiService {
async fetchUser(userId: number): Promise<User> {
return {
id: 1,
name: 'John Doe',
age: 30
};
}
}
type FetchedUser = Awaited<ReturnType<UserApiService['fetchUser']>>;
async function handleUserData(apiService: UserApiService, userId: number) {
try {
const user: FetchedUser = await apiService.fetchUser(userId);
} catch (error) {
}
}
const userApiService = new UserApiService();
handleUserData(userApiService, 1);
-
Partial<T>
- Make all properties in T
optional.
Example
Playground
interface NodeConfig {
appName: string;
port: number;
}
class NodeAppBuilder {
private configuration: NodeConfig = {
appName: 'NodeApp',
port: 3000
};
private updateConfig<Key extends keyof NodeConfig>(key: Key, value: NodeConfig[Key]) {
this.configuration[key] = value;
}
config(config: Partial<NodeConfig>) {
type NodeConfigKey = keyof NodeConfig;
for (const key of Object.keys(config) as NodeConfigKey[]) {
const updateValue = config[key];
if (updateValue === undefined) {
continue;
}
this.updateConfig(key, updateValue);
}
return this;
}
}
new NodeAppBuilder().config({appName: 'ToDoApp'});
-
Required<T>
- Make all properties in T
required.
Example
Playground
interface ContactForm {
email?: string;
message?: string;
}
function submitContactForm(formData: Required<ContactForm>) {
}
submitContactForm({
email: 'ex@mple.com',
message: 'Hi! Could you tell me more about…',
});
submitContactForm({
email: 'ex@mple.com',
});
-
Readonly<T>
- Make all properties in T
readonly.
Example
Playground
enum LogLevel {
Off,
Debug,
Error,
Fatal
};
interface LoggerConfig {
name: string;
level: LogLevel;
}
class Logger {
config: Readonly<LoggerConfig>;
constructor({name, level}: LoggerConfig) {
this.config = {name, level};
Object.freeze(this.config);
}
}
const config: LoggerConfig = {
name: 'MyApp',
level: LogLevel.Debug
};
const logger = new Logger(config);
logger.config.level = LogLevel.Error;
config.level = LogLevel.Error;
-
Pick<T, K>
- From T
, pick a set of properties whose keys are in the union K
.
Example
Playground
interface Article {
title: string;
thumbnail: string;
content: string;
}
type ArticlePreview = Pick<Article, 'title' | 'thumbnail'>;
function renderArticlePreviews(previews: ArticlePreview[]): HTMLElement {
const articles = document.createElement('div');
for (const preview of previews) {
}
return articles;
}
const articles = renderArticlePreviews([
{
title: 'TypeScript tutorial!',
thumbnail: '/assets/ts.jpg'
}
]);
-
Record<K, T>
- Construct a type with a set of properties K
of type T
.
Example
Playground
type MemberPosition = 'intern' | 'developer' | 'tech-lead';
interface Employee {
firstName: string;
lastName: string;
yearsOfExperience: number;
}
const team: Record<MemberPosition, Employee[]> = {
intern: [],
developer: [],
'tech-lead': [],
};
team.intern.push({
firstName: 'John',
lastName: 'Doe',
yearsOfExperience: 0
});
const teamEmpty: Record<MemberPosition, null> = {
intern: null,
developer: null,
};
-
Exclude<T, U>
- Exclude from T
those types that are assignable to U
.
Example
Playground
interface ServerConfig {
port: null | string | number;
}
type RequestHandler = (request: Request, response: Response) => void;
function getPortValue(port: Exclude<ServerConfig['port'], null>): number {
if (typeof port === 'string') {
return parseInt(port, 10);
}
return port;
}
function startServer(handler: RequestHandler, config: ServerConfig): void {
const server = require('http').createServer(handler);
const port = config.port === null ? 3000 : getPortValue(config.port);
server.listen(port);
}
-
Extract<T, U>
- Extract from T
those types that are assignable to U
.
Example
Playground
declare function uniqueId(): number;
const ID = Symbol('ID');
interface Person {
[ID]: number;
name: string;
age: number;
}
function changePersonData<
Obj extends Person,
Key extends Extract<keyof Person, string>,
Value extends Obj[Key]
> (obj: Obj, key: Key, value: Value): void {
obj[key] = value;
}
const andrew = {
[ID]: uniqueId(),
name: 'Andrew',
age: 0,
};
changePersonData(andrew, 'name', 'Pony');
changePersonData(andrew, ID, uniqueId());
-
NonNullable<T>
- Exclude null
and undefined
from T
.
Example
Works with strictNullChecks
set to true
.
Playground
type PortNumber = string | number | null;
class ServerBuilder {
portNumber!: NonNullable<PortNumber>;
port(this: ServerBuilder, port: PortNumber): ServerBuilder {
if (port == null) {
this.portNumber = 8000;
} else {
this.portNumber = port;
}
return this;
}
}
const serverBuilder = new ServerBuilder();
serverBuilder
.port('8000')
.port(null)
.port(3000);
serverBuilder.portNumber = null;
-
Parameters<T>
- Obtain the parameters of a function type in a tuple.
Example
Playground
function shuffle(input: any[]): void {
}
function callNTimes<Fn extends (...arguments_: any[]) => any> (func: Fn, callCount: number) {
type FunctionParameters = Parameters<Fn>;
return function (...arguments_: FunctionParameters) {
for (let i = 0; i < callCount; i++) {
func(...arguments_);
}
}
}
const shuffleTwice = callNTimes(shuffle, 2);
-
ConstructorParameters<T>
- Obtain the parameters of a constructor function type in a tuple.
Example
Playground
class ArticleModel {
title: string;
content?: string;
constructor(title: string) {
this.title = title;
}
}
class InstanceCache<T extends (new (...arguments_: any[]) => any)> {
private ClassConstructor: T;
private cache: Map<string, InstanceType<T>> = new Map();
constructor (ctr: T) {
this.ClassConstructor = ctr;
}
getInstance (...arguments_: ConstructorParameters<T>): InstanceType<T> {
const hash = this.calculateArgumentsHash(...arguments_);
const existingInstance = this.cache.get(hash);
if (existingInstance !== undefined) {
return existingInstance;
}
return new this.ClassConstructor(...arguments_);
}
private calculateArgumentsHash(...arguments_: any[]): string {
return 'hash';
}
}
const articleCache = new InstanceCache(ArticleModel);
const amazonArticle = articleCache.getInstance('Amazon forests burning!');
-
ReturnType<T>
- Obtain the return type of a function type.
Example
Playground
function mapIter<
Elem,
Func extends (elem: Elem) => any,
Ret extends ReturnType<Func>
>(iter: Iterable<Elem>, callback: Func): Ret[] {
const mapped: Ret[] = [];
for (const elem of iter) {
mapped.push(callback(elem));
}
return mapped;
}
const setObject: Set<string> = new Set();
const mapObject: Map<number, string> = new Map();
mapIter(setObject, (value: string) => value.indexOf('Foo'));
mapIter(mapObject, ([key, value]: [number, string]) => {
return key % 2 === 0 ? value : 'Odd';
});
-
InstanceType<T>
- Obtain the instance type of a constructor function type.
Example
Playground
class IdleService {
doNothing (): void {}
}
class News {
title: string;
content: string;
constructor(title: string, content: string) {
this.title = title;
this.content = content;
}
}
const instanceCounter: Map<Function, number> = new Map();
interface Constructor {
new(...arguments_: any[]): any;
}
function getInstance<
Constr extends Constructor,
Arguments extends ConstructorParameters<Constr>
>(constructor: Constr, ...arguments_: Arguments): InstanceType<Constr> {
let count = instanceCounter.get(constructor) || 0;
const instance = new constructor(...arguments_);
instanceCounter.set(constructor, count + 1);
console.log(`Created ${count + 1} instances of ${Constr.name} class`);
return instance;
}
const idleService = getInstance(IdleService);
const newsEntry = getInstance(News, 'New ECMAScript proposals!', 'Last month...');
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Omit<T, K>
- Constructs a type by picking all properties from T and then removing K.
Example
Playground
interface Animal {
imageUrl: string;
species: string;
images: string[];
paragraphs: string[];
}
type AnimalShortInfo = Omit<Animal, 'images' | 'paragraphs'>;
function renderAnimalHoverInfo (animals: AnimalShortInfo[]): HTMLElement {
const container = document.createElement('div');
return container;
}
-
Uppercase<S extends string>
- Transforms every character in a string into uppercase.
Example
type T = Uppercase<'hello'>;
type T2 = Uppercase<'foo' | 'bar'>;
type T3<S extends string> = Uppercase<`aB${S}`>;
type T4 = T3<'xYz'>;
type T5 = Uppercase<string>;
type T6 = Uppercase<any>;
type T7 = Uppercase<never>;
type T8 = Uppercase<42>;
-
Lowercase<S extends string>
- Transforms every character in a string into lowercase.
Example
type T = Lowercase<'HELLO'>;
type T2 = Lowercase<'FOO' | 'BAR'>;
type T3<S extends string> = Lowercase<`aB${S}`>;
type T4 = T3<'xYz'>;
type T5 = Lowercase<string>;
type T6 = Lowercase<any>;
type T7 = Lowercase<never>;
type T8 = Lowercase<42>;
-
Capitalize<S extends string>
- Transforms the first character in a string into uppercase.
Example
type T = Capitalize<'hello'>;
type T2 = Capitalize<'foo' | 'bar'>;
type T3<S extends string> = Capitalize<`aB${S}`>;
type T4 = T3<'xYz'>;
type T5 = Capitalize<string>;
type T6 = Capitalize<any>;
type T7 = Capitalize<never>;
type T8 = Capitalize<42>;
-
Uncapitalize<S extends string>
- Transforms the first character in a string into lowercase.
Example
type T = Uncapitalize<'Hello'>;
type T2 = Uncapitalize<'Foo' | 'Bar'>;
type T3<S extends string> = Uncapitalize<`AB${S}`>;
type T4 = T3<'xYz'>;
type T5 = Uncapitalize<string>;
type T6 = Uncapitalize<any>;
type T7 = Uncapitalize<never>;
type T8 = Uncapitalize<42>;
You can find some examples in the TypeScript docs.
Maintainers
License
SPDX-License-Identifier: (MIT OR CC0-1.0)