Automatic TypeScript Type Generation in Next.js + Apollo GraphQL + Strapi

Automatic TypeScript Type Generation in Next.js + Apollo GraphQL + Strapi Typed code is almost always cheaper to maintain and faster to build than its “untyped” alternatives. Fewer hidden bugs, better editor hints, safer refactors — all of that saves hours, and sometimes even your Friday evenings. TypeScript has long been the de‑facto standard in the JS ecosystem. But when a project works with an API — especially GraphQL — another problem appears: manually maintaining types for schemas, queries, and responses. It gets old fast, often lags behind the real schema, and turns into a source of small, annoying bugs. The logical solution is automatic type generation. Configure it once — and you get up‑to‑date types directly from the schema and your operations. In this article, I’ll show a practical approach to automatic type generation using GraphQL Code Generator. We’ll walk through a real scenario and set everything up so types update with almost no developer involvement. Demo project idea