Create multiple objectTypes from same prisma model

[0xsven]

Perceived Problem

I feel the need to create multiple objectTypes from the same prisma model.

Example:

import { User } from 'nexus-prisma';

export const UserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'User',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(User.id);
    t.field(User.name);
  },
});


export const SecretUserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'SecretUser',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(User.id);
    t.field(User.name);
    t.field(User.secretValue);
  },
});

This would give me the following type error:
Type 'FieldResolver<"User", "id">' is not assignable to type 'FieldResolver<"SecretUser", "id">'.

Ideas / Proposed Solution(s)

It would be great if the types would allow this.

[jasonkuhrt]

Maybe we need a new helper method.

import { User } from 'nexus-prisma'

export const UserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'User',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(User.id);
    t.field(User.name);
  },
});


export const SecretUserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'SecretUser',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(User.$as('SecretUser').id);
    t.field(User.$as('SecretUser').name);
    t.field(User.$as('SecretUser').secretValue);
  },
})

Or maybe a top level function:

import { User } from 'nexus-prisma'

export const UserObjectType = User.$objectType({
  definition(t) {
		t.model.id()
		t.model.name()
  },
});


export const SecretUserObjectType = User.$objectType({
	name: 'SecretUser',
  definition(t) {
		t.model.id()
		t.model.name()
		t.model.secretValue()
  },
})

Or maybe generator config:

import { settings } from 'nexus-prisma/generator'

settings({
	modelAliases: {
		SecretUser: 'User',
	}
})

import { User, SecretUser } from 'nexus-prisma';

export const UserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'User',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(User.id);
    t.field(User.name);
  },
});


export const SecretUserObjectType = objectType({
  name: 'SecretUser',

  definition(t) {
    t.field(SecretUser.id);
    t.field(SecretUser.name);
    t.field(SecretUser.secretValue);
  },
});

[alainfonhof]

@0xsven Did you manage to implement this with a workaround?

[0xsven]

@alainfonhof we are still using the old plugin (@kenchi/nexus-plugin-prisma) and the new plugin (nexus-prisma) at the same time. Once it is possible, we will remove the old one.

[larskarbo]

I was able to make this work by using as ObjectDefinitionBlock<PrismaModelName>.

export const ProjectModel = objectType({
  name: "Project",
  definition(_t) {
    const t = _t as unknown as ObjectDefinitionBlock<"Task">

    t.field(Task.id)
    t.field(Task.title)

Task is a Prisma model

Project is an Object Type based on Task

[sandrewTx08]

@jasonkuhrt the ideas looks good, does one of them are being developed?