Configure plural names of models

[schickling]

In some cases it might be needed to provide a custom plural name of a model.

Here is how it could be configured in the datamodel:

type Person @plural(name: "People") {
  name: String!
}

[JustasPolis]

Hello, I'll add that it needs fixing, "Todo" becomes "Todoes" :).

[jvbianchi]

This is also important for localized model names

[alistairholt]

We're using GraphCMS which uses Prisma and this looks really bad in the interface. "WhatWeDoes", "HomepageIntroes" etc.

[rcy]

I ran into this today with a model Person that generates the query persons, but I would prefer people.

Is there a third party inflection library being used?

[dgdosen]

I ran into this today - model Todo that generates todoes :)

[alistairholt]

TBH I don't see why an external pluralisation library isn't being used. No doubt these problems have been solved countless times already. https://yarnpkg.com/en/package/pluralize, for example, with 17.8m downloads in the last 30 days:

pluralize('Todo') // Todos
pluralize('Person') // People
pluralize('WhatWeDo') // WhatWeDos
pluralize('HomepageIntro') // HomepageIntros

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[cassiopagnoncelli]

Same problem here.

Postgraphile is a nice reference on how to solve this issue.

[biels]

Has this been solved? If not, which library or mechanism is being used by prisma to pluralize?

[pbassut]

Any updates?

[cassiopagnoncelli]

They know the issue and acknowledge most of the code in the wild is untested. Amending this issue would render a breaking change.

What I would recommend is having your own set of model names overwriting the ones Prisma creates.

[vidz1979]

Hey people, any updates on this?