TypeScript

Vue Query is now written in TypeScript to make sure the library and your projects are type-safe!

Things to keep in mind:

  • Types currently require using TypeScript v4.1 or greater
  • Changes to types in this repository are considered non-breaking and are usually released as patch semver changes (otherwise every type enhancement would be a major version!).
  • It is highly recommended that you lock your vue-query package version to a specific patch release and upgrade with the expectation that types may be fixed or upgraded between any release
  • The non-type-related public API of Vue Query still follows semver very strictly.

Type Inference

Types in Vue Query generally flow through very well so that you don't have to provide type annotations for yourself

tsx
const { data } = useQuery({
  //    ^? const data: Ref<number> | Ref<undefined>
  queryKey: ['test'],
  queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
})
const { data } = useQuery({
  //    ^? const data: Ref<number> | Ref<undefined>
  queryKey: ['test'],
  queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
})

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tsx
const { data } = useQuery({
  //      ^? const data: Ref<string> | Ref<undefined>
  queryKey: ['test'],
  queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
  select: (data) => data.toString(),
})
const { data } = useQuery({
  //      ^? const data: Ref<string> | Ref<undefined>
  queryKey: ['test'],
  queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
  select: (data) => data.toString(),
})

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This works best if your queryFn has a well-defined returned type. Keep in mind that most data fetching libraries return any per default, so make sure to extract it to a properly typed function:

tsx
const fetchGroups = (): Promise<Group[]> =>
  axios.get('/groups').then((response) => response.data)

const { data } = useQuery({ queryKey: ['groups'], queryFn: fetchGroups })
//      ^? const data: Ref<Group[]> | Ref<undefined>
const fetchGroups = (): Promise<Group[]> =>
  axios.get('/groups').then((response) => response.data)

const { data } = useQuery({ queryKey: ['groups'], queryFn: fetchGroups })
//      ^? const data: Ref<Group[]> | Ref<undefined>

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Type Narrowing

Vue Query uses a discriminated union type for the query result, discriminated by the status field and the derived status boolean flags. This will allow you to check for e.g. success status to make data defined:

tsx
const { data, isSuccess } = reactive(
  useQuery({
    queryKey: ['test'],
    queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
  }),
)

if (isSuccess) {
  data
  // ^? const data: number
}
const { data, isSuccess } = reactive(
  useQuery({
    queryKey: ['test'],
    queryFn: () => Promise.resolve(5),
  }),
)

if (isSuccess) {
  data
  // ^? const data: number
}

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Typing the error field

The type for error defaults to unknown. This is in line with what TypeScript gives you per default in a catch clauses (see useUnknownInCatchVariables). The safest way to work with error would be to perform a runtime check; another way would be to explicitly define types for data and error:

tsx
const { error } = useQuery({ queryKey: ['groups'], queryFn: fetchGroups })
//      ^? const error: Ref<unknown>

if (error.value instanceof Error) {
  error.value
  //     ^? const error: Error
}
const { error } = useQuery({ queryKey: ['groups'], queryFn: fetchGroups })
//      ^? const error: Ref<unknown>

if (error.value instanceof Error) {
  error.value
  //     ^? const error: Error
}

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