Nested objects in TypeScript
You can use interfaces:
interface EndpointAuth {
login: string;
}
interface Endpoint {
auth: EndpointAuth;
}
let endpoints: Endpoint = {
auth: {
login: "http://localhost:8079/auth/login"
}
};
(code in playground)
You can also use types instead of interfaces:
type EndpointAuth = {
login: string;
}
type Endpoint = {
auth: EndpointAuth;
}
(code in playground)
Or "inline":
let endpoints: { auth: { login: string } } = {
auth: {
login: "http://localhost:8079/auth/login"
}
};
You can combine them of course.
Edit
As you wanted the answer to explain why it did not work with Object
:
Defining a variable to be of type Object
is (in most cases) not what you really want to do, usually what you mean is any
, as this:
var endpoints2: any = {
auth: {
login: "http://localhost:8079/auth/login"
}
};
Won't fail (just like it won't if you do not specify a type).
Defining a variable as Object
is the same as defining it as {}
which is an empty object, and that's usually not what you're after, and it will work for only things like:
let o1: Object = {};
let o2: Object = Object.create(null);
But using any
doesn't help you too much because then you basically tell the compiler not to bother with type safety, it will let you do what ever with the variable without letting you know that there are errors:
let o: any = { x: 3, y: 6 };
console.log(o.z.toString());
Won't fail in compilation but will fail at run time:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'toString' of undefined
This will fail in compilation:
let o: { x: number, y: number } = { x: 3, y: 6 };
console.log(o.z.toString());
You can declare an Interface.
For your case
interface IEndpoints
{
auth: {
login: string;
}
}
private endpoints: IEndpoints = {
auth: {
login: "http://localhost:8079/auth/login"
}
};