result

Result

Another Rust's Result implementation (inspired by ts-results)

Requirements

• Node.js v20 or higher

Getting Started

This package is available in the Node Package Repository and can be easily installed with npm or yarn.

$ npm i @openally/result
# or
$ yarn add @openally/result

Usage example

import fs from "node:fs";
import { Result, Ok, Err } from "@openally/result";

function readFile(path: string): Result<string, "invalid path"> {
  if (existsSync(path)) {
    return Ok(fs.readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
  }

  return Err("invalid path");
}

const fileContentStr = readFile("test.txt").unwrap();
console.log(fileContentStr);

Where Result could be either an Ok or Err

type Result<T, E> = OkImpl<T> | ErrImpl<E>;

---

You can combine that package with ts-pattern, here is an example;

return match(constraint.type)
  .with("PRIMARY KEY", () => (
    column.isPrimary ? None : Some({ columnName, type: "MISSING PK" })
  ))
  .with("UNIQUE", () => helper
    .getUniqueByColumnName(columnName)
    .unwrapOr(Some({ columnName, type: "MISSING UNIQUE" }))
  )
  .with("FOREIGN KEY", () => helper
    .getForeignKeyByColumnName(columnName)
    .andThen((fk) => {
      return helper.fkIsMatchingConstraint(fk, constraint) ?
        Some({ columnName, type: "INVALID FK REFERENCE", constraint }) :
        None;
    })
    .unwrapOr(Some({ columnName, type: "MISSING FK" }))
  )
  .otherwise(() => None) as Option<IConstraintDifference>;

Where Option is defined as being Some value or None.

type Option<T> = SomeImpl<T> | None

API

unwrap

Get value if Ok but throw if Err.

Ok(1).unwrap(); // 1
Err("oops").unwrap(); // Error: Tried to unwrap Error: oops

unwrapOr

Get value if Ok but fallback to a default value if Err (instead of throwing an Error).

Ok(1).unwrapOr(5); // 1
Err("oops").unwrapOr(5); // 5

unwrapOrElse

Same as unwrapOr but use a lazy function for the default value.

Ok(1).unwrapOrElse(() => 5); // 1
Err("oops").unwrapOrElse(() => 5); // 5

safeUnwrap

Same as unwrap but only available for Ok (useful for type safety).

map

Map value for Ok. Do nothing with Err (use mapErr instead).

Ok(1)
  .map((v) => v + 1)
  .unwrap(); // 2

mapOr

Map and unwrap:

• Use default value for Error
• Use mapper for Ok

Ok(1)
  .mapOr(1, (val) => val * 2); // 2

Err(new Error("oops"))
  .mapOr(1, (val) => val * 2); // 1

mapOrElse

Same as mapOr but use a callback returning error for default value

Err(new Error("oops"))
  .mapOrElse(
    (err) => err.message),
    (val) => val * 2
  ); // oops

mapErr

Map value for Err. Do nothing with Ok (use map instead).

Err(new Error("oops"))
  .mapErr((cause) => new Error("oh no", { cause }))
  .unwrap();

andThen

Similar to Promise.then, map and transform an Ok value.

Ok(1)
  .andThen((value) => Ok(value + 1))
  .unwrap(); // 2

This could be used to transform an Ok to an Err.

stack

Return the Err stacktrace (not available for Ok).

const _e = Err(new Error());
console.log(_e.stack);

License

MIT