zod-schemas

You validate API response shapes at runtime by defining Zod schemas and applying them to incoming data, catching schema mismatches early. This ensures runtime data integrity by verifying that API payloads conform to expected types.

Yes, you can infer TypeScript types directly from Zod schemas using built-in type inference. This allows you to export both the schema and its derived types for compile-time and runtime safety across your API calls.

The best way to constrain fixed string values is using z.enum within Zod schemas. This allows you to define enums that validate fixed string values at runtime and compose complex validation rules for API payloads.

Yes, you need Zod schemas because TypeScript interfaces only check types at compile time. Zod schemas enforce runtime type safety, validating API data shapes when responses are received to prevent runtime errors.

You export Zod schemas and inferred types by defining them in a TypeScript module and using standard export statements. This pattern models API types in a maintainable, type-safe manner for reuse across API calls and client code.