aint

A collection of common runtime predicates that TypeScript actually understands.

Features

• Simple API;
• Extensive tests;
• Isomorphic library, works on the browser or Node.js.

Installation

npm install aint

Requirements

• Node.js v.14+

Quick start

import { isNotNull } from 'aint';

// given an array containing null and number values
const array = [1, 2, null]; // ts infers Array<null | number>

// ...remove null values by using isNotNull
const arrayWithoutNull = array.filter(isNotNull); // ts infers Array<number>

API

• isNotEmptyArray
• isNotEmptyString
• isNotNull
• isNotUndefined
• isNotNullish

Motivation

It's easy to perform a check using lodash or vanilla JavaScript, e.g.

const array = [1, 2, null].filter(Boolean);

The example above will filter out the null value as expected (because null is considered to be faulty).

However, TypeScript will NOT infer the correct type [playground link]. It will understand the type of array as being Array<null | number> instead of Array<number>.

aint provides a simple API to test for predicates, while making TypeScript understand.

Contribute

Source code contributions are most welcome, as long as the linter is satisfied.

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License

MIT