The Type definition
The SolidJS Router useParam<T>() is a generic function that returns the current route parameters. To be type safe we have to specify the type of this parameters. The path for the route already defines this type. To be DRY here is a utility Type that extracts this parameters types from the RouteDefinition.
The route parameters live in a RouteDefinition[“matchFilters”] property. We have to extract and convert each of them to string type (parameters are always string type).
type RD$matchFilters<RD extends RouteDefinition> = NonNullable<
RD[“matchFilters“]
>;
// Convert a MatchFilter to string type
type MF$toString<MF extends MatchFilter | undefined> =
MF extends readonly string[]
? MF[number]
: MF extends RegExp
? `${string}`
: MF extends (s: string) => boolean
? `${string}`
: never;
// Params of a RouteDefinition {[keyof matchFilters]: `${any}`}: Extract and Convert each MatchFilter
type RD$Params<RD extends RouteDefinition> = {
[k in NonNullable<keyof RD$matchFilters<RD>>]: MF$toString<
RD$matchFilters<RD>[k]
>;
};
Finally we want to be able to specify the type each route parameter using the my Refine utility type and Prettify them.
type RD$RouteParams<
RD extends RouteDefinition,
tRD extends RouteDefinition = RouteDefinition<RD[“path“]>
> = Refine<RD$Params<tRD>, RD$Params<RD>>;
// Refine with user Type and Prettify the result
export type RouteDefinitionParams<
RD extends RouteDefinition,
P extends Partial<RD$RouteParams<RD>> = NonNullable<unknown>
> = Prettify<Refine<RD$RouteParams<RD>, P>>;
Example of usage
type TRouteDefinition = RouteDefinition<typeof path>;
type TParams = RouteDefinitionParams<TRouteDefinition>;
// or with refined param Type
type TParams = RouteDefinitionParams<TRouteDefinition, {
aNumberParam: `${number}`;
}>;
const params = useParams<TParams>();
// ^? Type is { aNumberParam: `${string}` }
// ^? Type is { aNumberParam: `${number}` } with refined types
TL;DR
You can find the whole TypeScript defintion for this utility type in my Gist solidjs-RouteDefintionParams.d.ts.
What do you think about this utility type ?
How would you improve it ?
Whould you use it or not and why ?
Thank you for reading.
