feat(types): automatically pass database typings to clients (#366)

docs/content/2.get-started.md

@@ -113,6 +113,24 @@ Cookie name used for storing the redirect path when using the `redirect` option,
 
 Options for cookies used to share tokens between server and client, refer to [cookieOptions](https://nuxt.com/docs/api/composables/use-cookie#options) for available settings. Please note that the lifetime set here does not determine the Supabase session lifetime.
 
+### `types`
+
+Default: `./types/database.types.ts`
+
+The path for the generated Supabase TypeScript definitions. The database definitions will be automatically passed to all clients: `useSupabaseClient`, `serverSupabaseClient` and `serverSupabaseServiceRole`.
+
+```shell
+## Generate types from live database
+supabase gen types typescript --project-id YourProjectId > types/database.types.ts
+
+## Generate types when using local environment
+supabase gen types typescript --local > types/database.types.ts
+```
+
+Set to `false` to disable.
+
+Check Supabase [documentation](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/javascript/release-notes#typescript-support) for further information.
+
 ### `clientOptions`
 
 Default: 

docs/content/4.usage/composables/useSupabaseClient.md

@@ -101,7 +101,17 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 
 ## Typescript
 
-You can pass Database typings to the client. Check Supabase [documentation](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/javascript/release-notes#typescript-support) for further information.
+Database typings are passed to the client out of the box if the database generated types are found at `./types/database.types.ts` or [your configured types path](/get-started#types). Check Supabase [documentation](https://supabase.com/docs/reference/javascript/release-notes#typescript-support) for further information.
+
+```shell
+## Generate types from live database
+supabase gen types typescript --project-id YourProjectId > types/database.types.ts
+
+## Generate types when using local environment
+supabase gen types typescript --local > types/database.types.ts
+```
+
+You can also pass Database typings to the client manually:
 
 ```vue
 <script setup lang="ts">

playground/server/api/test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { serverSupabaseClient, serverSupabaseUser, serverSupabaseSession } from '#supabase/server'
+import type { Database } from '#build/types/supabase-database'
 
 export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
-  const supabase = await serverSupabaseClient(event)
+  const supabase = await serverSupabaseClient<Database>(event)
+
   if (!supabase) {
     throw createError({ statusMessage: 'Supabase client not found' })
   }

playground/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./.nuxt/tsconfig.json"
+}

src/module.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+import fs from 'node:fs'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { defineNuxtModule, addPlugin, createResolver, addTemplate, resolveModule, extendViteConfig } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { CookieOptions } from 'nuxt/app'
@@ -74,6 +75,13 @@ export interface ModuleOptions {
    */
   cookieOptions?: CookieOptions
 
+  /**
+   * Path to Supabase database type definitions file
+   * @default '~/types/database.types.ts'
+   * @type string
+   */
+  types?: string | false
+
   /**
    * Supabase client options (overrides default options from `@supabase/ssr`)
    * @default { }
@@ -108,10 +116,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
       sameSite: 'lax',
       secure: true,
     } as CookieOptions,
+    types: '~/types/database.types.ts',
     clientOptions: {} as SupabaseClientOptions<string>,
   },
   setup(options, nuxt) {
-    const { resolve } = createResolver(import.meta.url)
+    const { resolve, resolvePath } = createResolver(import.meta.url)
     const resolveRuntimeModule = (path: string) => resolveModule(path, { paths: resolve('./runtime') })
 
     // Public runtimeConfig
@@ -191,7 +200,18 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
         ].join('\n'),
     })
 
-    nuxt.hook('prepare:types', (options) => {
+    addTemplate({
+      filename: 'types/supabase-database.d.ts',
+      getContents: async () => {
+        if (!!options.types && fs.existsSync(await resolvePath(options.types))) {
+          return `export * from '${await resolvePath(options.types)}'`
+        }
+
+        return `export type Database = unknown`
+      },
+    })
+
+    nuxt.hook('prepare:types', async (options) => {
       options.references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'types/supabase.d.ts') })
     })
 

src/runtime/composables/useSupabaseClient.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { SupabaseClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
 import { useNuxtApp } from '#imports'
+import type { Database } from '#build/types/supabase-database'
 
-export const useSupabaseClient = <T>() => {
+export const useSupabaseClient = <T = Database>() => {
   return useNuxtApp().$supabase?.client as SupabaseClient<T>
 }

src/runtime/server/services/serverSupabaseClient.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import type { SupabaseClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
 import { createServerClient, parseCookieHeader, type CookieOptions } from '@supabase/ssr'
 import { getHeader, setCookie, type H3Event } from 'h3'
 import { useRuntimeConfig } from '#imports'
+import type { Database } from '#build/types/supabase-database'
 
-export const serverSupabaseClient = async <T>(event: H3Event): Promise<SupabaseClient<T>> => {
+export const serverSupabaseClient = async <T = Database>(event: H3Event): Promise<SupabaseClient<T>> => {
   // No need to recreate client if exists in request context
   if (!event.context._supabaseClient) {
     // get settings from runtime config

src/runtime/server/services/serverSupabaseServiceRole.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import type { SupabaseClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
 import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js'
 import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
 import { useRuntimeConfig } from '#imports'
+import type { Database } from '#build/types/supabase-database'
 
-export const serverSupabaseServiceRole = <T>(event: H3Event): SupabaseClient<T> => {
+export const serverSupabaseServiceRole = <T = Database>(event: H3Event): SupabaseClient<T> => {
   const {
     supabase: { serviceKey },
     public: {

src/types/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ declare module '@nuxt/schema' {
       redirectOptions: RedirectOptions
       cookieName: string
       cookieOptions: CookieOptions
+      types: string | false
       clientOptions: SupabaseClientOptions<string>
     }
   }