Is there a way to check a variable’s type in the f...
# prisma-whats-newc
chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 2:24 PMIs there a way to check a variable’s type in the frontend? I’m pulling a slug out of the url and I want to get a Type by either the
id: IDurlSlug: Stringa
agartha
10/10/2017, 2:33 PMID's have a fixed length and format, so you should be able to check that.
agartha
10/10/2017, 2:34 PMc
chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 2:49 PMthis seems like a finicky route…
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agartha
10/10/2017, 2:50 PMMaybe I misunderstood your problem, but making a distinction between a well-defined ID format and a string seems pretty straightforward...
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chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 2:51 PMNo, you didn’t… I’m just not great with regex 😬
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agartha
10/10/2017, 2:51 PMHere you go: https://github.com/ericelliott/cuid/issues/50
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chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 2:52 PMThank you!
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agartha
10/10/2017, 3:02 PMSpoiler alert though: the regex is-cuid is using seems to be not so good either...
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chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 3:02 PMblurg
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agartha
10/10/2017, 3:10 PMtry this:
^c\w{12}\d{4}\w{8}agartha
10/10/2017, 3:10 PMStarts with c, 12 characters, 4 digits, 8 characters
agartha
10/10/2017, 3:10 PMTested on every ID value I could find in my project 😄
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chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 3:10 PMoh wow
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agartha
10/10/2017, 3:12 PMBeware though that Graphcool doesn't use the default cuid implementation (apparently), because that has the \w{12} and \w{8} the other way around...
agartha
10/10/2017, 3:12 PMBut this one works for Graphcool ID's
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chandlervdw
10/10/2017, 3:12 PMthank you very much
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