localForage type is unkown

Question

const AddMovieToDashboardFn = (movie) => {
  localForage.getItem('my array').then((value) => {
    const x: string[] = value;
    console.log(x)
  });
}

const x has a syntax error:

Type 'unknown' is not assignable to type 'string[]'.

The value parameter in the then callback is of type unknown so the error makes sense. If I like the value it shows an array. How do I give the value in the then callback a type, should be type array.

Answer 1

Try this:

const AddMovieToDashboardFn = (movie) => {
  localForage.getItem('my array').then((value: string[]) => {
    const x = value;
    console.log(x)
  });
}

Or, since the typing for localforage allows passing a type parameter (https://github.com/localForage/localForage/blob/master/typings/localforage.d.ts):

const AddMovieToDashboardFn = (movie) => {
  localForage.getItem<string[]>('my array').then((value) => {
    const x = value;
    console.log(x)
  });
}

(Credit to @Elias Schablowski for suggesting this in the comments)