How can I write this type with Zod?

Can someone pls help me to write this type with Zod?

type MyType = {
  transcript: {
    text: Array<{
      "#text": string; 
       start: string; 
       end: string 
     }>;
    [key: string]: Record<string, unknown> | Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
  };
  [key: string]: Record<string, unknown>;
};

type MyType = {
  transcript: {
    text: Array<{
      "#text": string; 
       start: string; 
       end: string 
     }>;
    [key: string]: Record<string, unknown> | Array<Record<string, unknown>>;
  };
  [key: string]: Record<string, unknown>;
};

TLDR: the object and all nested objects need to have the listed attributes but they cann all be extended. I tried something like this but when I try to safe parse it, it says that the data is unknown.

const ZodTranscriptXMLFormat = z.union([
  z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
  z.object({
    transcript: z.object({
      text: z.array(
        z.object({
          text: z.array(
            z.object({
              "#text": z.string(),
              start: z.string(),
              end: z.string(),
            }),
          ),
        }),
      ),
    }),
  }),
]);

const ZodTranscriptXMLFormat = z.union([
  z.record(z.string(), z.unknown()),
  z.object({
    transcript: z.object({
      text: z.array(
        z.object({
          text: z.array(
            z.object({
              "#text": z.string(),
              start: z.string(),
              end: z.string(),
            }),
          ),
        }),
      ),
    }),
  }),
]);

2 Replies

LittleLily•12mo ago

You have an extra level of nesting of a text property with an array + object inside, try removing one of the { text: z.array(z.object(...)) } levels

JulieCezar•12mo ago

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How can I write this type with Zod?