typed-json-utils

Utilities for working with JSON values in a typesafe way

This package provides facilities for working with JSON values in a typesafe way.

A "JSON value" is a value that could be produced by JSON.parse:

• strings
• numbers
• booleans
• null
• objects whose keys are strings and whose values are JSON values
• arrays whose values are JSON values

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
• API
• Maintainers
• Contributing
• License

Install

$ npm install typed-json-utils

Usage

import { isArray, isObject, isPrimitive } from "typed-json-utils";

console.log(isArray([1, 2, 3])); // true
console.log(isObject({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 })); // true

// isObject refers to a *JSON* object, and therefore does not return
// true for arrays.
console.log(isObject([1, 2, 3])); // false

console.log(isPrimitive(3, Number)); // true
console.log(isPrimitive(3, String)); // false

You can use these utilities to narrow down types.

import {
  isArray,
  isObject,
  isPrimitive,
  type JsonValue,
} from "typed-json-utils";

export function stringify(value: JsonValue): string {
  if (value === null) {
    return "null";
  }

  if (isPrimitive(value)) {
    // value is string, number, boolean or undefined
    return JSON.stringify(value);
  }

  if (isArray(value)) {
    // value is JsonArray
    return `[${value.map(stringify).join(", ")}]`;
  }

  if (isObject(value)) {
    // value is JsonObject
    return `{${Object.entries(value)
      .map(([key, value]) => {
        // key is string, value is JsonValue
        return `${key}: ${stringify(value)}`;
      })
      .join(", ")}}`;
  }

  // value is never
}

Maintainers

The Starbeam team.

Contributing

See the contributing file!

License

MIT © 2023 Yehuda Katz