TypeScript support for Livewire 3

Allows you to use the power of TypeScript with Livewire 3.

Installation

npm i -D @nolikein/types-livewire3

Usage

Declare Livewire and AlpineJs into your project

First you need to install the alpineJs TypeScript definition.

npm i -D @types/alpinejs

Look where is stored your main ts file (your entrypoint) and create at the same place a livewire.d.ts file.

// Note: "@/your_livewire_path" is an alias to the "vendor/livewire/livewire/dist/livewire.esm.js" file
declare module '@/your_livewire_path' {
    export const Livewire: import('@nolikein/types-livewire3').Livewire.Livewire;
    export const Alpine: import('@types/alpinejs').Alpine
}

Now you are able to use Livewire and Alpine inside your project. Here is an example with an index.ts file

import { Livewire, Alpine } from '@/your_livewire_path';

Alpine.data('YourCOmponent', () => {});
Livewire.start();

Create an Alpine component that use a $wire instance

Use my dedicated package

Why complicating things when i created the easiest way to do it ? Follow that link, install the package then read the instructions.

The hard way to learn

Here we create a Dropdown component inside a Livewire component that have a "state" public bool property and an "open" public method that return the "state" property as a value.

import { AlpineWired } from "@nolikein/types-livewire3";

/**
 * Create the types/interfaces of your component.
 */
// Your AlpineJs component properties and methods
interface AlpineData {
    open: boolean
    toggle(): void
    callBackendToOpen(): void
}

// Your Livewire public properties
interface LivewireData {
    // The livewire component has an "state" property that is a boolean
    state: boolean
}

// Your Livewire public methods
interface LivewireMethods {
    // The livewire component has an "open" method that you can call then return a boolean
    open(): boolean
}

/**
 * Create your component
 */
export default (
    // Component parameters...
) => ({
    // Component properties ...
    open: false,

    // Component methods ...
    toggle(): void {
        this.open = !this.open;
    },

    callBackendToOpen(): void {
        this.$wire.$call('open', (data: ({ state: boolean })) => {
            console.log("The livewire component has updated its open property with the value " + data.state);
        });
    },
}) satisfies AlpineWired.AlpineComponent<AlpineData, LivewireData, LivewireMethods>;

Create an AlpineJS only component

Use my dedicated package

Why complicating things when i created the easiest way to do it ? Follow that link, install the package then read the instructions.

The hard way to learn

import { Alpine } from "@nolikein/types-livewire3";

/**
 * Create the type/interface of your component.
 */
// Type version
type Component = Alpine.AlpineComponent<{
    open: boolean
    toggle(): void
    // Here is a method that pass "this" as a parameter named "self"
    // It is rarely used. The only case i found is when you use the method as a callback
    // See the component code to know more about it
    displayOpenState(self: Alpine.AlpineComponentSelf<Component>): void
}>

/**
 * Create your component
 */
export default (
    // Component parameters...
) => ({
    // Component properties ...
    open: false,

    // Component methods ...
    toggle(): void {
        this.open = !this.open;
    },

    /**
     * The hook that is run when the component is created.
     * 
     * You don't need to include it inside your component interface
     * since it is a part of the Alpine.AlpineComponent interface.
     */
    init(): void {
        // You can execute a component method as a callback and use "this"
        // inside of it with that pattern
        setTimeout(
            () => this.displayOpenState(this),
            1000,
        );
    },
    // A method that use "this" but named as "self".
    displayOpenState(self: Alpine.AlpineComponentSelf<Component>): void {
        console.log("Here is your open state: " + self.open);
    },
}) satisfies Component;

Licence

MIT