Handling imports of generated types

README.md

@@ -370,7 +370,9 @@ To resume, you can use all the primitive types and some the following typescript
 - `Array<>`
 - `Promise<>`
 
-This utils is design to work with one file only, and will reference types from the same file:
+## Type references
+
+This utility is designed to work with one file at a time (it will not split one file into several), and will handle references to types from the same file:
 
 ```ts
 // source.ts
@@ -388,7 +390,9 @@ export const heroSchema = z.object({
 });
 ```
 
-It can also reference imported types from any modules but will use an `any` validation as placeholder, as we cannot now
+### Non-Zod imports
+
+`ts-to-zod` can reference imported types from other modules but will use an `any` validation as placeholder, as we cannot now
 their schema.
 
 ```ts
@@ -415,6 +419,54 @@ export const heroSchema = z.object({
 });
 ```
 
+### Zod Imports
+
+If an imported type is referenced in the `ts-to-zod.config.js` config (as input), this utility will automatically replace the import with the given output from the file, resolving the relative paths between both.
+
+```ts
+
+//ts-to-zod.config.js
+/**
+ * ts-to-zod configuration.
+ *
+ * @type {import("./src/config").TsToZodConfig}
+ */
+module.exports = [
+  {
+    name: "villain",
+    input: "src/villain.ts",
+    output: "src/generated/villain.zod.ts",
+    getSchemaName: (id) => `z${id}`
+  },
+   {
+    name: "hero",
+    input: "src/example/heros.ts",
+    output: "src/example/heros.zod.ts",
+  },
+];
+
+// heros.ts (input)
+import { Person } from "@3rdparty/person";
+import { Villain } from "../villain";
+
+export interface Hero {
+  name: string;
+  realPerson: Person;
+  nemesis: Villain;
+}
+
+// heros.zod.ts (output)
+import { zVillain } from "../generated/villain.zod";
+
+const personSchema = z.any();
+
+export const heroSchema = z.object({
+  name: z.string(),
+  realPerson: personSchema,
+  nemesis: zVillain;
+});
+```
+
 ## Programmatic API
 
 You need more than one file? Want even more power? No problem, just use the tool as a library.

example/heros.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Person } from "./person";
+
 export enum EnemyPower {
   Flight = "flight",
   Strength = "strength",
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ export namespace Skills {
   };
 }
 
-export interface Enemy {
+export interface Enemy extends Person {
   name: string;
   powers: EnemyPower[];
   inPrison: boolean;

example/heros.zod.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { EnemyPower, Villain, EvilPlan, EvilPlanDetails } from "./heros";
 
+import { personSchema } from "./person.zod";
+
 export const enemyPowerSchema = z.nativeEnum(EnemyPower);
 
 export const skillsSpeedEnemySchema = z.object({
   power: z.literal(EnemyPower.Speed),
 });
 
-export const enemySchema = z.object({
+export const enemySchema = personSchema.extend({
   name: z.string(),
   powers: z.array(enemyPowerSchema),
   inPrison: z.boolean(),

example/person.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Used as an import in hero.ts
+export interface Person {
+  realName: string;
+}

example/person.zod.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Generated by ts-to-zod
+import { z } from "zod";
+
+export const personSchema = z.object({
+  realName: z.string(),
+});

src/cli.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { join, parse, relative } from "path";
 import prettier from "prettier";
 import slash from "slash";
 import ts from "typescript";
-import { Config, TsToZodConfig } from "./config";
+import { Config, TsToZodConfig, InputOutputMapping } from "./config";
 import {
   getSchemaNameSchema,
   nameFilterSchema,
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ class TsToZod extends Command {
 
     const fileConfig = await this.loadFileConfig(config, flags);
 
+    const ioMappings = getInputOutputMappings(config);
+
     if (Array.isArray(fileConfig)) {
       if (args.input || args.output) {
         this.error(`INPUT and OUTPUT arguments are not compatible with --all`);
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ class TsToZod extends Command {
         await Promise.all(
           fileConfig.map(async (config) => {
             this.log(`Generating "${config.name}"`);
-            const result = await this.generate(args, config, flags);
+            const result = await this.generate(args, config, flags, ioMappings);
             if (result.success) {
               this.log(` 🎉 Zod schemas generated!`);
             } else {
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ class TsToZod extends Command {
         this.error(error);
       }
     } else {
-      const result = await this.generate(args, fileConfig, flags);
+      const result = await this.generate(args, fileConfig, flags, ioMappings);
       if (result.success) {
         this.log(`🎉 Zod schemas generated!`);
       } else {
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ class TsToZod extends Command {
           ? fileConfig.find((i) => i.input === slash(path))
           : fileConfig;
 
-        const result = await this.generate(args, config, flags);
+        const result = await this.generate(args, config, flags, ioMappings);
         if (result.success) {
           this.log(`🎉 Zod schemas generated!`);
         } else {
@@ -193,11 +195,13 @@ class TsToZod extends Command {
    * @param args
    * @param fileConfig
    * @param Flags
+   * @param inputOutputMappings
    */
   async generate(
     args: { input?: string; output?: string },
     fileConfig: Config | undefined,
-    Flags: Interfaces.InferredFlags<typeof TsToZod.flags>
+    Flags: Interfaces.InferredFlags<typeof TsToZod.flags>,
+    inputOutputMappings: InputOutputMapping[]
   ): Promise<{ success: true } | { success: false; error: string }> {
     const input = args.input || fileConfig?.input;
     const output = args.output || fileConfig?.output;
@@ -214,6 +218,17 @@ See more help with --help`,
     const inputPath = join(process.cwd(), input);
     const outputPath = join(process.cwd(), output || input);
 
+    const relativeIOMappings = inputOutputMappings.map((io) => {
+      const relativeInput = getImportPath(inputPath, io.input);
+      const relativeOutput = getImportPath(outputPath, io.output);
+
+      return {
+        input: relativeInput,
+        output: relativeOutput,
+        getSchemaName: io.getSchemaName,
+      };
+    });
+
     // Check args/flags file extensions
     const extErrors: { path: string; expectedExtensions: string[] }[] = [];
     if (!hasExtensions(input, typescriptExtensions)) {
@@ -250,6 +265,7 @@ See more help with --help`,
 
     const generateOptions: GenerateProps = {
       sourceText,
+      inputOutputMappings: relativeIOMappings,
       ...fileConfig,
     };
     if (typeof Flags.keepComments === "boolean") {
@@ -443,4 +459,22 @@ function hasExtensions(path: string, extensions: string[]) {
   return extensions.includes(ext);
 }
 
+function getInputOutputMappings(
+  config: TsToZodConfig | undefined
+): InputOutputMapping[] {
+  if (!config) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(config)) {
+    return config.map((c) => {
+      const { input, output, getSchemaName } = c;
+      return { input, output, getSchemaName };
+    });
+  }
+
+  const { input, output, getSchemaName } = config as Config;
+  return [{ input, output, getSchemaName }];
+}
+
 export = TsToZod;

src/config.ts

@@ -113,4 +113,9 @@ export type Configs = Array<
   }
 >;
 
+export type InputOutputMapping = Pick<
+  Config,
+  "input" | "output" | "getSchemaName"
+>;
+
 export type TsToZodConfig = Config | Configs;

src/config.zod.ts

@@ -54,4 +54,10 @@ export const configsSchema = z.array(
   )
 );
 
+export const inputOutputMappingSchema = configSchema.pick({
+  input: true,
+  output: true,
+  getSchemaName: true,
+});
+
 export const tsToZodConfigSchema = z.union([configSchema, configsSchema]);