Type-Safe tRPC Client Overview
See how tRPC achieves end-to-end type safety.
Type-Safe tRPC Client Overview is a free TypeScript Academy lesson on CoddyKit. This is lesson 4 of 4. You can read the complete lesson below for free — then practise it hands-on in the browser with a built-in code editor and a 24/7 AI tutor. It is part of the TypeScript Academy learning path, and your progress syncs across the web and the CoddyKit app. The TypeScript Academy course includes 4 lessons in total.
Welcome
What Is tRPC
Server Router Definition
import { initTRPC } from '@trpc/server';
const t = initTRPC.create();
const appRouter = t.router({
getUser: t.procedure.input(z.number()).query(({ input }) => db.getUser(input)),
});Type Inference
export type AppRouter = typeof appRouter;Client Setup
import { createTRPCProxyClient, httpBatchLink } from '@trpc/client';
const trpc = createTRPCProxyClient<AppRouter>({
links: [httpBatchLink({ url: '/api/trpc' })],
});Typed Client Calls
const user = await trpc.getUser.query(1);
// user is typed as the return type of getUserInput Validation with Zod
t.procedure.input(z.object({ name: z.string(), email: z.string().email() })).mutation(...)Mutations
const router = t.router({
createUser: t.procedure.input(CreateUserSchema).mutation(({ input }) => db.create(input)),
});React Query Integration
const { data: user } = trpc.getUser.useQuery(1);
// data is typed automaticallyError Handling in tRPC
import { TRPCError } from '@trpc/server';
if (!user) throw new TRPCError({ code: 'NOT_FOUND', message: 'User not found' });tRPC vs REST vs GraphQL
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All lessons in this course
- Typing Fetch Responses with Generic Wrappers
- Runtime Validation with Zod
- OpenAPI Codegen: Auto-Generated Types
- Type-Safe tRPC Client Overview