introduce branded types

[setchy]

📝 Provide a description of the new feature

https://egghead.io/blog/using-branded-types-in-typescript

Could be useful for types such as URL, Hostname, Token, ClientID, ClientSecret etc

➕ Additional Information

No response

[dammy95]

Hi @setchy – I'm currently looking into this, but wanted to validate my initial approach before I start properly. Here is my current plan below:

1. Create Branded Types for URL Hostname, Token, ClientID, ClientSecret. The base types for all 4 items should be of type string.
2. The branded types can then be added to the types.js file in the src directory.
3. Taking hostname as an example here, we would replace all occurrences of hostname: string with hostname: Hostname (where Hostname will be a new branded type).
4. Repeat step 3 for URL, Token, ClientID, and ClientSecret

Let me know if you have any additions (or subtractions) to this approach 😄

[setchy]

hi @dammy95 - well summarized. That's what I had in mind 😄

[dammy95]

Perfect – I'll get started on this then 👍🏾