API Reference

Types API Reference

Complete TypeScript type definitions for MoroJS. Build type-safe applications with full IntelliSense support and compile-time validation.

Core Types

Essential TypeScript interfaces and types for building MoroJS applications.

Application Types
1import type { 
2  Moro,
3  MoroConfig,
4  MoroOptions,
5  RuntimeAdapter
6} from '@morojs/moro';
7
8// Main application interface
9interface Moro {
10  // HTTP methods. Called with a path only, they return a chainable route
11  // builder; called with a handler, they register the route directly.
12  get(path: string): UnifiedRouteBuilder;
13  get(path: string, handler: RouteHandler, options?: RouteOptions): this;
14  post(path: string): UnifiedRouteBuilder;
15  post(path: string, handler: RouteHandler, options?: RouteOptions): this;
16  put(path: string): UnifiedRouteBuilder;
17  put(path: string, handler: RouteHandler, options?: RouteOptions): this;
18  delete(path: string): UnifiedRouteBuilder;
19  delete(path: string, handler: RouteHandler, options?: RouteOptions): this;
20  patch(path: string): UnifiedRouteBuilder;
21  patch(path: string, handler: RouteHandler, options?: RouteOptions): this;
22
23  // Schema-first registration
24  route(schema: RouteSchema): void;
25
26  // Application methods
27  use(...middleware: MiddlewareFunction[]): void;
28  group(prefix: string, callback: (group: Moro) => void): void;
29  listen(port: number, host?: string, callback?: () => void): void;
30  close(): Promise<void>;
31  
32  // Configuration
33  configure(config: Partial<MoroConfig>): void;
34  getConfig(): MoroConfig;
35  getConfig<K extends keyof MoroConfig>(key: K): MoroConfig[K];
36  
37  // Environment
38  env(): Record<string, string>;
39  env<T = Record<string, string>>(): T;
40  env(key: string): string | undefined;
41  env(schema: EnvSchema): void;
42}
43
44// Configuration interface
45interface MoroConfig {
46  server?: ServerConfig;
47  security?: SecurityConfig;
48  database?: DatabaseConfig;
49  logging?: LoggingConfig;
50  features?: FeaturesConfig;
51}
52
53// Runtime adapter interface
54interface RuntimeAdapter {
55  name: 'node' | 'edge' | 'lambda' | 'worker';
56  createHandler(app: Moro): any;
57  transformRequest(request: any): Request;
58  transformResponse(response: Response): any;
59}

Request/Response Types

Handler and Context Types
1// Route handler function type
2type RouteHandler<T = any> = (context: RequestContext) => T | Promise<T>;
3
4// Request context interface
5interface RequestContext {
6  // HTTP primitives
7  request: Request;
8  response: Response;
9  
10  // Parsed request data
11  params: Record<string, string>;
12  query: Record<string, string | string[]>;
13  headers: Record<string, string>;
14  body: any;
15  
16  // Request metadata
17  ip: string;
18  userAgent: string;
19  method: HttpMethod;
20  url: string;
21  path: string;
22  
23  // Shared context for middleware communication
24  context: Record<string, any>;
25  
26  // Response builders
27  json(data: any, status?: number): Response;
28  text(data: string, status?: number): Response;
29  html(data: string, status?: number): Response;
30  status(code: number): ResponseBuilder;
31  redirect(url: string, status?: number): Response;
32  
33  // Context utilities
34  set(key: string, value: any): void;
35  get(key: string): any;
36  has(key: string): boolean;
37  delete(key: string): void;
38}
39
40// Response builder interface
41interface ResponseBuilder {
42  json(data: any): Response;
43  text(data: string): Response;
44  html(data: string): Response;
45  send(data: any): Response;
46  end(): Response;
47  header(name: string, value: string): ResponseBuilder;
48  headers(headers: Record<string, string>): ResponseBuilder;
49  cookie(name: string, value: string, options?: CookieOptions): ResponseBuilder;
50}
51
52// HTTP method type
53type HttpMethod = 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE' | 'PATCH' | 'HEAD' | 'OPTIONS';
54
55// Cookie options
56interface CookieOptions {
57  domain?: string;
58  expires?: Date;
59  httpOnly?: boolean;
60  maxAge?: number;
61  path?: string;
62  secure?: boolean;
63  signed?: boolean;
64  sameSite?: boolean | 'lax' | 'strict' | 'none';
65}

Route Configuration Types

Route Configuration Interface
1// The chainable route builder returned by app.get('/path') etc.
2// Every method returns the builder, so calls chain in any order -
3// execution order is fixed by the pipeline, not by chain order.
4interface UnifiedRouteBuilder {
5  // Validation
6  body(schema: ValidationSchema): this;
7  query(schema: ValidationSchema): this;
8  params(schema: ValidationSchema): this;
9  headers(schema: ValidationSchema): this;
10  validate(config: ValidationConfig): this;
11
12  // Route features
13  auth(config: AuthConfig): this;
14  rateLimit(config: RateLimitConfig): this;
15  cache(config: CacheConfig): this;
16
17  // Custom middleware, by phase
18  before(...middleware: Middleware[]): this;
19  transform(...middleware: Middleware[]): this;
20  after(...middleware: Middleware[]): this;
21  use(...middleware: Middleware[]): this;  // alias for after()
22
23  // Metadata
24  describe(description: string): this;
25  tag(...tags: string[]): this;
26
27  // Terminal - registers the route
28  handler(fn: RouteHandler): void;
29}
30
31// Options accepted by the direct form: app.get(path, handler, options)
32interface RouteOptions {
33  middleware?: Middleware[];
34  validation?: ValidationConfig;
35  rateLimit?: RateLimitConfig;
36  cache?: CacheConfig;
37}
38
39// The schema behind app.route({ ... }) and the chainable builder.
40// Chainable calls populate exactly these fields.
41interface RouteSchema {
42  method: HttpMethod;
43  path: string;
44  handler: RouteHandler;
45
46  validation?: ValidationConfig;   // .body() / .query() / .params() / .headers() / .validate()
47  auth?: AuthConfig;               // .auth()
48  rateLimit?: RateLimitConfig;     // .rateLimit()
49  cache?: CacheConfig;             // .cache()
50  middleware?: MiddlewarePhases;   // .before() / .transform() / .after() / .use()
51  description?: string;            // .describe()
52  tags?: string[];                 // .tag()
53}
54
55interface ValidationConfig {
56  body?: ValidationSchema;
57  query?: ValidationSchema;
58  params?: ValidationSchema;
59  headers?: ValidationSchema;
60  // Shapes the 4xx when a schema rejects the request. Route-level handler
61  // wins over the global one passed to createApp().
62  onValidationError?: (
63    errors: ValidationErrorDetail[],
64    context: ValidationErrorContext
65  ) => ValidationErrorResponse;
66}
67
68interface AuthConfig {
69  roles?: string[];
70  permissions?: string[];
71  optional?: boolean;
72}
73
74interface RateLimitConfig {
75  requests: number;                // allowed requests per window
76  window: number;                  // window length in milliseconds
77  skipSuccessfulRequests?: boolean;
78}
79
80interface CacheConfig {
81  ttl: number;                     // SECONDS (note: rateLimit.window is milliseconds)
82  key?: string;                    // static cache key (not a function)
83  tags?: string[];
84}
85
86// Custom middleware is placed by phase, then runs in declaration order
87// within that phase.
88interface MiddlewarePhases {
89  before?: Middleware[];     // ahead of rate limiting and auth
90  transform?: Middleware[];  // after validation, before the cache check
91  after?: Middleware[];      // just before the handler (.use() lands here)
92}
93
94interface ValidationErrorDetail {
95  field: string;
96  message: string;
97  code?: string;
98  value?: any;
99  path?: (string | number)[];
100}
101
102interface ValidationErrorResponse {
103  status: number;
104  body: any;
105  headers?: Record<string, string>;
106}
107
108type ValidationSchema = z.ZodSchema<any>;

Middleware Types

Middleware Function Types
1// Middleware function type
2type MiddlewareFunction = (
3  context: RequestContext,
4  next: NextFunction
5) => void | Promise<void>;
6
7// Next function type
8type NextFunction = () => void | Promise<void>;
9
10// Middleware factory type (for configurable middleware)
11type MiddlewareFactory<T = any> = (options?: T) => MiddlewareFunction;
12
13// Built-in middleware options
14interface CorsOptions {
15  origin?: string | string[] | ((origin: string) => boolean);
16  methods?: string[];
17  allowedHeaders?: string[];
18  exposedHeaders?: string[];
19  credentials?: boolean;
20  maxAge?: number;
21  preflightContinue?: boolean;
22  optionsSuccessStatus?: number;
23}
24
25interface RateLimitOptions {
26  requests?: number;  // or max
27  max?: number;
28  window?: number;    // milliseconds; or windowMs
29  windowMs?: number;
30  message?: string;
31  statusCode?: number;            // default 429
32  skipSuccessfulRequests?: boolean;
33  skipFailedRequests?: boolean;
34}
35
36interface HelmetOptions {
37  contentSecurityPolicy?: {
38    directives?: Record<string, string[]>;
39    reportOnly?: boolean;
40  };
41  crossOriginEmbedderPolicy?: boolean;
42  crossOriginOpenerPolicy?: boolean;
43  crossOriginResourcePolicy?: { policy: 'same-site' | 'same-origin' | 'cross-origin' };
44  dnsPrefetchControl?: boolean;
45  frameguard?: { action: 'deny' | 'sameorigin' };
46  hidePoweredBy?: boolean;
47  hsts?: {
48    maxAge?: number;
49    includeSubDomains?: boolean;
50    preload?: boolean;
51  };
52  ieNoOpen?: boolean;
53  noSniff?: boolean;
54  originAgentCluster?: boolean;
55  permittedCrossDomainPolicies?: boolean;
56  referrerPolicy?: string;
57  xssFilter?: boolean;
58}
59
60// Rate limit store interface
61interface RateLimitStore {
62  get(key: string): Promise<number | null>;
63  set(key: string, value: number, ttl: number): Promise<void>;
64  increment(key: string, ttl: number): Promise<number>;
65  reset(key: string): Promise<void>;
66}

Configuration Types

Configuration Interfaces
1// Server configuration
2interface ServerConfig {
3  port?: number;
4  host?: string;
5  environment?: 'development' | 'staging' | 'production';
6  gracefulShutdown?: {
7    timeout?: number;
8    signals?: string[];
9  };
10  keepAlive?: boolean;
11  bodyLimit?: string;
12}
13
14// Security configuration
15interface SecurityConfig {
16  cors?: CorsOptions;
17  helmet?: HelmetOptions;
18  rateLimit?: {
19    global?: RateLimitOptions;
20    api?: RateLimitOptions;
21  };
22  csrf?: {
23    enabled?: boolean;
24    secret?: string;
25    cookie?: CookieOptions;
26  };
27}
28
29// Database configuration
30interface DatabaseConfig {
31  default?: {
32    type?: 'postgresql' | 'mysql' | 'sqlite' | 'mongodb';
33    url?: string;
34    pool?: {
35      min?: number;
36      max?: number;
37      acquireTimeoutMillis?: number;
38      idleTimeoutMillis?: number;
39      createTimeoutMillis?: number;
40    };
41    migrations?: {
42      directory?: string;
43      autoRun?: boolean;
44      table?: string;
45    };
46    ssl?: boolean | {
47      rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
48      ca?: string;
49      key?: string;
50      cert?: string;
51    };
52  };
53  cache?: {
54    type?: 'redis' | 'memory' | 'file';
55    url?: string;
56    ttl?: string;
57    prefix?: string;
58    maxSize?: number;
59  };
60}
61
62// Logging configuration
63interface LoggingConfig {
64  level?: 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error';
65  format?: 'json' | 'pretty';
66  destinations?: Array<{
67    type: 'console' | 'file' | 'http';
68    path?: string;
69    url?: string;
70    level?: string;
71  }>;
72  requestLogging?: {
73    enabled?: boolean;
74    skipHealthChecks?: boolean;
75    skipPaths?: string[];
76    format?: string;
77  };
78}
79
80// Features configuration
81interface FeaturesConfig {
82  websockets?: boolean | {
83    enabled?: boolean;
84    path?: string;
85    cors?: CorsOptions;
86  };
87  fileUploads?: {
88    enabled?: boolean;
89    maxSize?: string;
90    allowedTypes?: string[];
91    destination?: string;
92  };
93  apiDocs?: {
94    enabled?: boolean;
95    path?: string;
96    title?: string;
97    version?: string;
98    description?: string;
99  };
100  clustering?: {
101    enabled?: boolean;
102    workers?: number;
103  };
104}
105
106// Environment schema
107interface EnvSchema {
108  [key: string]: {
109    required?: boolean;
110    type?: 'string' | 'number' | 'boolean';
111    default?: any;
112    enum?: string[];
113    minLength?: number;
114    maxLength?: number;
115    min?: number;
116    max?: number;
117  };
118}

Utility Types

Helper Types and Utilities
1// Generic utility types
2type Optional<T, K extends keyof T> = Omit<T, K> & Partial<Pick<T, K>>;
3type Required<T, K extends keyof T> = T & Required<Pick<T, K>>;
4
5// Route parameter extraction
6type ExtractParams<T extends string> = T extends `${infer Start}:${infer Param}/${infer Rest}`
7  ? { [K in Param]: string } & ExtractParams<Rest>
8  : T extends `${infer Start}:${infer Param}`
9  ? { [K in Param]: string }
10  : {};
11
12// Type-safe route handler with parameter inference
13type TypedRouteHandler<TPath extends string, TBody = any, TResponse = any> = (
14  context: RequestContext & {
15    params: ExtractParams<TPath>;
16    body: TBody;
17  }
18) => TResponse | Promise<TResponse>;
19
20// WebSocket types
21interface WebSocketConnection {
22  id: string;
23  send(data: any): void;
24  close(code?: number, reason?: string): void;
25  ping(data?: Buffer): void;
26  pong(data?: Buffer): void;
27  on(event: 'message' | 'close' | 'error' | 'ping' | 'pong', handler: Function): void;
28  off(event: string, handler: Function): void;
29}
30
31interface WebSocketManager {
32  connections: Map<string, WebSocketConnection>;
33  broadcast(data: any, filter?: (connection: WebSocketConnection) => boolean): void;
34  getConnection(id: string): WebSocketConnection | undefined;
35  closeConnection(id: string): void;
36  closeAll(): void;
37}
38
39// Event system types
40interface EventBus {
41  emit(event: string, data?: any): void;
42  on(event: string, handler: (data: any) => void): void;
43  off(event: string, handler: (data: any) => void): void;
44  once(event: string, handler: (data: any) => void): void;
45  removeAllListeners(event?: string): void;
46}
47
48// Cache types
49interface CacheStore {
50  get<T = any>(key: string): Promise<T | null>;
51  set<T = any>(key: string, value: T, options?: { ttl?: string | number }): Promise<void>;
52  delete(key: string): Promise<boolean>;
53  clear(): Promise<void>;
54  has(key: string): Promise<boolean>;
55  keys(pattern?: string): Promise<string[]>;
56}
57
58// Logger types
59interface Logger {
60  debug(message: string, meta?: any): void;
61  info(message: string, meta?: any): void;
62  warn(message: string, meta?: any): void;
63  error(message: string, meta?: any): void;
64  child(meta: any): Logger;
65}

Type Safety Benefits

  • Full IntelliSense and autocomplete support
  • Compile-time type checking for routes and handlers
  • Automatic parameter type inference from route paths
  • Schema-based request/response validation
  • Type-safe configuration and environment variables

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