Prisma

Hi, is there a way to check the available keys on a model at runtime? We'd like to have a dropdown/select render a list of all keys on a given model so we can specify permissions on specific fields

`prisma._dmmf` should give you the model names.

Where `prisma` is the `PrismaClient` instance.

is this a private field that can change in future or why the underscore?

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Yes it’s a private field and its API is subject to change in the future.

How do I see what's on there without manually logging it?

You would need to use `// @ts-ignore` in this case

There’s no documentation on this so logging is the only way.

yeah I figured as much, but I'd like to see what's on there and have type safety around it

any plans to expose it for real in future?

Not in the near future. Generators like TypeGraphQL use this API internally to generate CRUD resolvers.

Maybe I should just do
```const user = prisma.users.findFirst()
console.log(Object.keys(user)) ```
It means a DB hit but at least I get type safety

You could create a Class that implements the Prisma type which would require you to implement all the properties. Then you could use getOwnProperties on that class since it's concrete at runtime.

I dont follow. Can you please elaborate <@U01UKNFC410>?

Create a class that implements the prisma type
```// this is the auto generated type from prisma
type Post {
  title: string;
}

class PostEntity implements Post {
  title: string;

  constructor() {
    this.title = '';
  }
}```
Then you can do this to get the properties
```Object.getOwnPropertyNames(new Post());```
Although thats a little dirty, and you need to define a constructor that sets the props since they won’t be included in the JS code.

You could also do it without classes

```const post: Post = { title: '' };
Object.getOwnPropertyNames(post);```