GraphQL Int by default

[vasilev-alex]

According to the docs https://typegraphql.com/docs/scalars.html#aliases when you don't provide type for a number it becomes a GraphQL Float. Is it possible to override this behavior to use GraphQL Int by default in this case?

[MichalLytek]

No, because number in JS is a double-precision floating point number value. You need to explicitly use it + figure out some TypeScript constructs to avoid runtime issues like returning 1.0000003 as record id or something 😉

[vasilev-alex]

Yeah, I see that.

I just wanted to invert this behavior, because we have lots of Ints and few real Floats.

export class Order {
  @Expose()
  // so this defaults to () => Int over () => Float
  @Field()
  id!: number;

  @Expose()
  // and if I actually need Float I explicitly pass the type
  @Field(() => Float)
  price!: number;
}

Do you think that makes sense?

[MichalLytek]

export const IntField = () => Field(() => Int);

export class Order {
  @IntField()
  id!: number;
}

[vasilev-alex]

That also works 😄