Get the return type of a function in TypeScript

Sometimes you only want to rely on the return type of a function instead of defining a new type for it.

To do that in TypeScript use ReturnType and typeof:

function extractStatusData(buffer: Buffer) {
  return {
    active: buffer[0] !== 1,
    totalErrors: buffer[1]
  }
}

function onStatusChange(callback: (data: ReturnType<typeof extractStatusData>) => void) {
  listenToSomeBinaryStuff(buffer => {
    const statusData = extractStatusData(buffer)
    callback(statusData)
  });
}


onStatusChange(({active, totalErrors}) => {
  if (active) {
    console.log(`Task is still running`)
  } else {
    console.log(`Task is completed with ${totalErrors} errors`)
  }
})