Is it safe to import validators generated by drizzle-zod into frontend code?

[TClark1011]

My instincts tell me that it wouldn't be since you would also be importing your drizzle schemas which may hold backend-only code.

If not, what alternatives are there for runtime type safety on the frontend?

[kellenproctor]

You should be able to restrict the schema type by using the pick function.

From the docs:

const users = pgTable('users', {
  id: serial('id').primaryKey(),
  name: text('name').notNull(),
  email: text('email').notNull(),
  role: text('role', { enum: ['admin', 'user'] }).notNull(),
  createdAt: timestamp('created_at').notNull().defaultNow(),
});

// Schema for inserting a user - can be used to validate API requests
const insertUserSchema = createInsertSchema(users);

// Zod schema type is also inferred from the table schema, so you have full type safety
const requestSchema = insertUserSchema.pick({ name: true, email: true });