TypeScript: Setting string id to reference

[sethdumaguin]

Hi there!

I have an action in my model that takes in an id typed string and sets it to safeReference in the setNode action. However, I am getting this ts error. I wonder if I am doing this correctly and if there's any help I can get. Would really appreciate it!

Here's is a small snippet of what the structure of the code is below.

const Node = types.model({
  id: types.identifier,
})

const RootStore = types.model({
  node: types.safeReference(Node)
}).actions((self) => ({
  setNode: (id: string) => {
    self.node = cast(id);
  }
})

[EmilTholin]

Hi @sethdumaguin!

At this time you have to cast it to any sadly, as outlined by xaviergonz here.

const Node = types.model({
  id: types.identifier
});

const RootStore = types
  .model({
    node: types.safeReference(Node)
  })
  .actions((self) => ({
    setNode: (id: string) => {
      self.node = id as any;
    }
  }));

[sethdumaguin]

Thank you so much for the answer! 🙏