Getting started with OptionΒΆ

Convert this:

declare function getLoggedInUsername(): string | undefined;

declare function getImageURLForUsername(username: string): string | undefined;

function getLoggedInImageURL(): string | undefined {
    const username = getLoggedInUsername();
    if (!username) {
        return undefined;
    }

    return getImageURLForUsername(username);
}

const stringUrl = getLoggedInImageURL();
const optionalUrl = stringUrl ? new URL(stringUrl) : undefined;
console.log(optionalUrl);

To this:

import { Option, Some, None } from 'ts-results-es';

declare function getLoggedInUsername(): Option<string>;

declare function getImageForUsername(username: string): Option<string>;

function getLoggedInImage(): Option<string> {
    return getLoggedInUsername().andThen(getImageForUsername);
}

const optionalUrl = getLoggedInImage().map((url) => new URL(stringUrl));
console.log(optionalUrl); // Some(URL('...'))

// To extract the value, do this:
if (optionalUrl.some) {
    const url: URL = optionalUrl.value;
}