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tRPC Has a Free API: End-to-End TypeScript Type Safety Without Code Generation

tRPC Has a Free API: End-to-End TypeScript Type Safety Without Code Generation

via Dev.to ReactAlex Spinov

What is tRPC? tRPC lets you build fully type-safe APIs without schemas, code generation, or REST conventions. Define a function on the server, call it from the client with full TypeScript autocompletion and type checking — as if calling a local function. Why tRPC? Free and open-source — MIT license Zero code generation — no GraphQL schemas, no OpenAPI specs End-to-end type safety — change server → client instantly knows Autocompletion — IDE shows available procedures and their types Framework agnostic — Next.js, React, Vue, Svelte, anything Subscriptions — real-time via WebSockets built in Quick Start npm install @trpc/server @trpc/client @trpc/react-query @tanstack/react-query zod Server (Define Your API) // server/trpc.ts import { initTRPC } from ' @trpc/server ' ; import { z } from ' zod ' ; const t = initTRPC . create (); export const router = t . router ; export const publicProcedure = t . procedure ; // server/routers/users.ts export const userRouter = router ({ getAll : publicPr

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