Laravel Model Typescript Transformer

This package generates TypeScript definitions for Laravel Eloquent models using spatie/laravel-typescript-transformer.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require nolanos/laravel-model-typescript-transformer

Update your config/typescript-transformer.php config file by...

• Appending ModelTypeScriptCollector to the collectors array.
• Appending ModelTransformer to the transformers array.

    'collectors' => [
        // ...
        Nolanos\LaravelModelTypescriptTransformer\ModelTypeScriptCollector::class,
    ],
    'transformers' => [
        // Etc....
        Nolanos\LaravelModelTypescriptTransformer\ModelTransformer::class,
    ],

Usage

Generate TypeScript definitions by running:

php artisan typescript:generate

How it works

Identifying Properties

The ModelTransformer identifies the properties of the given Model by looking at the columns in the database table, and then filters columns out based on the $hidden and $visible properties of the model.

Mapping Database Types to TypeScript Types

Property types are determined by mapping the database column type to a TypeScript type. The following mappings are used:

Note: Unknown column types will be mapped to unknown and are followed by a comment stating the db type.

Nullable Types

If a column is nullable, the TypeScript type will be suffixed with | null.

Example

Let's look at a simple of example of a user model in a PostgreSQL database.

CREATE TABLE users (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ,
    password VARCHAR(255),
    active BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
    created_at TIMESTAMP,
    updated_at TIMESTAMP
);

The User model might look like this:

class User extends Model
{
    protected $hidden = ['password'];
}

Will generate the following TypeScript definition:

declare namespace App.Models {
  export interface User {
    id: number
    name: string
    email: string
    active: boolean
    created_at: string | null
    updated_at: string | null
  }
}

Limitations

This package has some limitations.

Take a look at the issues to see what's missing.

Development

Setup

git clone git@github.com:nolanos/laravel-model-typescript-transfomer.git

cd laravel-model-typescript-transformer

composer install

Running Tests

composer test

Publishing new Versions

To publish a new version of the package, you need to create a new tag and push it to the repository.

git tag vx.x.x
git push origin vx.x.x

Go to Packagist and click on "Update" to update the package.