Can we get auto-completion for $set method?

Pretty much like how we get the current auto complete when using .where() method.

Currently, we get nothing.

[koskimas]

There’s no intended way of setting properties. You can do it however you want. The $set method works, you just don’t get auto completion currently. We could in theory define the $set method like this

$set(obj: PartialModelObject<this>)

Where PartialModelObject is like Partial, but it also removes methods. But that would only allow a subset of the defined properties to be set. Objection allows you to set any properties for historical reasons.

Objection was developed without typescript, and adding typescript typings afterwards like this is always a compromise, and some things don’t work so well.

You can easily create your own helper like:

class BaseModel extends Model {
  set(obj: PartialModelObject<this>): this {
    return this.$set(obj)
  }
}

And then just inherit your models from BaseModel instead of Model.

[cerino-ligutom]

Nice, this works great for our use case, thanks!