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Emitter usage

Usage

  1. Via the command line
Terminal window
tsp compile . --emit=@typespec/http-server-js
  1. Via the config
emit:
  - "@typespec/http-server-js"

The config can be extended with options as follows:

emit:
  - "@typespec/http-server-js"
options:
  "@typespec/http-server-js":
    option: value

Emitter options

emitter-output-dir

Type: absolutePath

Defines the emitter output directory. Defaults to {output-dir}/@typespec/http-server-js See Configuring output directory for more info

express

Type: boolean

If set to true, the emitter will generate a router that exposes an Express.js middleware function in addition to the ordinary Node.js HTTP server router.

If this option is not set to true, the expressMiddleware property will not be present on the generated router.

datetime

Type: "temporal-polyfill" | "temporal" | "date-duration"

The type of datetime models to use for TypeSpecs DateTime and Duration types.

omit-unreachable-types

Type: boolean

By default, the emitter will create interfaces that represent all models in the service namespace. If this option is set to true, the emitter will only emit those types that are reachable from an HTTP operation.

no-format

Type: boolean

If set to true, the emitter will not format the generated code using Prettier.