typescript - Get argument types for function / class constructor

Question

I am trying to do something I am not sure is possible in TypeScript: inferring the argument types / return types from a function.

For example

function foo(a: string, b: number) {
  return `${a}, ${b}`;
}

type typeA = <insert magic here> foo; // Somehow, typeA should be string;
type typeB = <insert magic here> foo; // Somehow, typeB should be number;

My use case is to try to create a config object that contains constructors and parameters:

For example:

interface IConfigObject<T> {
    // Need a way to compute type U based off of T.
    TypeConstructor: new(a: U): T;
    constructorOptions: U;
}

// In an ideal world, could infer all of this from TypeConstructor

class fizz {
    constructor(a: number) {}
}

const configObj : IConfigObj = {
    TypeConstructor: fizz;
    constructorOptions: 13; // This should be fine
}

const configObj2 : IConfigObj = {
    TypeConstructor: fizz;
    constructorOptions: 'buzz'; // Should be a type error, since fizz takes in a number
}

Can anyone help me out? Thanks!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43481518/get-argument-types-for-function-class-constructor

Answer 1

With TypeScript 2.8 you can use the new extends keyword:

type FirstArgument<T> = T extends (arg1: infer U, ...args: any[]) => any ? U : any;
type SecondArgument<T> = T extends (arg1: any, arg2: infer U, ...args: any[]) => any ? U : any;

let arg1: FirstArgument<typeof foo>; // string;
let arg2: SecondArgument<typeof foo>; // number;
let ret: ReturnType<typeof foo>; // string;