Lassie

A fetch wrapper that leverages Valibot to validate the response using type predicates.

Reasoning

Validation of data from trusted sources can still be required. Skipping validation and only relying on type assertions using the "as" operator for type-safety are not sufficient. Lassie aims to provide first-class type predicate based validation for fetch responses.

This light-weight, performance oriented approach is not as strict as complete object parsing and validation, however it still provides a high level of confidence in the data received from a remote source.

Usage

Lassie is a wrapper around the fetch API. It takes a URL, a type predicate and an optional request options object. The type predicate is used to validate the response data. If the data is valid, the response is returned. If the data is invalid, an error is thrown.

import Lassie from "lassie";
import * as v from "valibot";

interface HogwartsStudent {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  alternate_names: string[];
  species: string;
  gender: string;
  house: string;
  dateOfBirth: string;
  yearOfBirth: number;
  wizard: boolean;
  ancestry: string;
  eyeColour: string;
  hairColour: string;
  wand: {
    wood: string;
    core: string;
    length: number;
  };
  patronus: string;
  hogwartsStudent: true;
  hogWartsStaff: boolean;
  actor: string;
  alternate_actors: string[];
  alive: boolean;
  image: string;
}

const isHogwartsStudent = (data: unknown): data is HogwartsStudent[] => {
  const schema = v.array(
    v.object({
      hogwartsStudent: v.pipe(v.boolean(), v.literal(true)),
    })
  );
  return v.is(schema, data);
};

async function example() {
  try {
    const data = await Lassie<HogwartsStudent[]>(
      "https://hp-api.onrender.com/api/character/9e3f7ce4-b9a7-4244-b709-dae5c1f1d4a8",
      isHogwartsStudent
    );
    console.log("Received data:", data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Error:", error);
  }
}