Export types of missing MDS classes and functions

[gaizeror]

main.d.ts missing MDS types, partially solves https://github.com/webauthn-open-source/fido2-lib/issues/136

[JamesCullum]

Thanks for the contribution, it's more than welcome!

Can we do without a new external dependency? We've been working on slowly reducing dependencies where possible, so adding one only for types might offer alternative solutions. If it's only about static type definition, what would be the impact to copy them over?

I think the original idea behind the typescript was to only add the types for the common APIs. You mentioned that it only partly solves your request - what else would we need? I think the current goal is not to strive for 100%, but make it a pleasing experience for typescript authors.

[gaizeror]

Hey @JamesCullum I think that this import doesn't lead us to another direction regarding the dependencies since jose is already installed in the project and used. When it comes to types, copying them over might cause issues on dependency upgrade. For example, if the next version of jose will include new claims in JWTPayload, or will remove some, it may cause run time error which could have been caught on development time with the correct type.

Having a main.d.ts which includes some types but not all is worse than not having any since it misleads the IDE. If main.d.ts exists, typescript "assumes" that these are all the types supported in this lib which makes the class interface to not match the actual interface.

My suggestion would be to either remove the file or maintain it with every change.

[JamesCullum]

Thanks for the great feedback! Do you know where the additional deno-lock-file comes from? This is where my confusion was probably coming from.

[gaizeror]

Actually I am not familiar with deno, all I know is that deno is deprecated. I would consider converting / forking this repo to a TS project to serve both JS and TS projects. As for the deno file, it was automatically generated somehow

Thanks for the great feedback! Do you know where the additional deno-lock-file comes from? This is where my confusion was probably coming from.

[JamesCullum]

all I know is that deno is deprecated

I'm not sure where you've got that from, but I wasn't able to find any sources supporting that. Let's focus on the PR then. I'll remove the Deno.lock changes and merge then, as the changes otherwise are useful additions - thanks!

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[orgaizer]

all I know is that deno is deprecated

I'm not sure where you've got that from, but I wasn't able to find any sources supporting that. Let's focus on the PR then. I'll remove the Deno.lock changes and merge then, as the changes otherwise are useful additions - thanks!

Sorry, I might have been wrong about it.. Anyways I couldn't make the lib work with MDS v3 so far, I think it's not true that it supports MDS V3. Do you know if there is a guide/example for it?

[JamesCullum]

I've seen a few PRs and unit tests about it, so I'm confident it should work. My own projects didn't use it, so I'd recommend searching around in our Github repository and issues for people with a similiar challenge.