typeorm-entity-schema-renderer

Render a TypeORM EntitySchema back into a fully-decorated TypeScript entity class source.

Takes a new EntitySchema({...}) (or a plain options object) and produces a printable .ts source with:

• @Entity / @ViewEntity / @ChildEntity class decorators
• @Tree, @TableInheritance
• Class-level @Index / @Unique / @Check / @Exclusion
• @Column, @PrimaryColumn, @PrimaryGeneratedColumn, @CreateDateColumn, @UpdateDateColumn, @DeleteDateColumn, @VersionColumn, @Generated
• @ViewColumn
• @OneToOne / @OneToMany / @ManyToOne / @ManyToMany / @TreeParent / @TreeChildren with @JoinColumn / @JoinColumns / @JoinTable
• @RelationId
• Correct TS types for fields: Relation<T> (non-lazy), Promise<T> (lazy), T[] (*-to-many), T | null (nullable), enum union, redundant column-type omission
• External import { ... } from '...' lines driven by a pluggable importResolver

Install

npm install typeorm-entity-schema-renderer

typeorm is an optional peer dependency — it is only needed if you construct input via new EntitySchema(...); the library itself has no runtime dependency on TypeORM.

Usage

import { EntitySchema } from "typeorm"
import { EntitySchemaRenderer } from "typeorm-entity-schema-renderer"

const UserSchema = new EntitySchema({
    name: "User",
    tableName: "users",
    columns: {
        id: { type: Number, primary: true, generated: "increment" },
        email: { type: "varchar", length: 255, unique: true },
        createdAt: { type: "timestamp", createDate: true },
    },
})

const renderer = new EntitySchemaRenderer()
console.log(renderer.render(UserSchema))

Output:

import { Column, CreateDateColumn, Entity, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm'

@Entity({ name: "users" })
export class User {
  @PrimaryGeneratedColumn("increment")
  readonly id!: number;

  @Column({ length: 255, unique: true })
  email!: string;

  @CreateDateColumn({ type: "timestamp" })
  readonly createdAt!: Date;
}

Custom importResolver

Control where external references (relations, embeddeds, enum classes) are imported from:

import { EntitySchemaRenderer, ImportResolver } from "typeorm-entity-schema-renderer"

const resolver: ImportResolver = (name, { kind }) => {
    switch (kind) {
        case "embedded":
            return { path: `@/embeddeds/${name}`, name }
        case "enum":
            return { path: `@/enums/${name}`, name }
        case "entity":
        case "relation":
        default:
            return { path: `@/entities/${name}`, name }
    }
}

const renderer = new EntitySchemaRenderer({ importResolver: resolver })

ImportKind values:

Kind	Source
entity	parent class referenced via base
relation	targets of @OneToOne / @OneToMany / @ManyToOne / @ManyToMany / @TreeParent / @TreeChildren
embedded	targets of @Column(() => X) embeddeds
enum	enum classes referenced by enum columns

The resolver may return:

• { path, name } — explicit import path and symbol name
• a string — treated as the path; the original name is kept
• undefined — skip the import

API

new EntitySchemaRenderer(options?)

Option	Type	Description
importResolver	ImportResolver	Resolves external reference names to import paths. Defaults to ./<Name> (same directory) for every kind.

.render(schema) => string

Accepts an EntitySchema instance or a plain options object. Throws TypeError on invalid input.

.buildExternalImports(schema, options?) => string

Returns just the import { ... } from '...' block for external references. Useful if you assemble the output yourself.

License

MIT