link local prisma database project into other projects
Question
I have two services that is in need of my prisma project that has all the types and prisma client, now I need a way to install it into both projects. My database project only has one file prisma.ts that exports the prisma client, I also need the types of my models as well. my database project package.json
{
"name": "pricing-oygula-database",
"version": "0.0.1",
"description": "",
"main": "prisma.ts",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1"
},
"author": "amunim",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"@prisma/client": "^5.21.1",
"prisma": "^5.21.1",
"tsc": "^2.0.4",
"typescript": "^5.6.3"
}
}
I tried npm link and then cd into my next.js project to npm link but that does not work.
How to reproduce (optional)
create 3 folders
website
some-other-service
database
Initialize a next.js project in website
npm init some-other-service and install express
npm i prisma inside database and write a schema.prisma, create prisma.ts file exporting the default prisma client.
4 Replies
Hello @Abdul Munim 👋
Based on your usecase, I think you are looking for a way to share PrismaClient and the generated types in different projects. The best way to go about this would be to create a private npm package which has all the generated types.
Here's an example:
https://github.com/igolka97/shared-prisma-client-example
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Question I have two services that is in need of my prisma project that has all the types and prisma client, now I need a way to install it into both projects. My database project only has one file ...
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Nice! Using Monorepo is also a great way to go about this 👍
Thanks for taking the time to share your solution. This would be helpful to other users 🙏