TSConfig

TypeScript has a way to describe objects which have unknown keys but known values on an object, via index signatures.

ts
interface EnvironmentVars {
  NAME: string;
  OS: string;
 
  // Unknown properties are covered by this index signature.
  [propName: string]: string;
}
 
declare const env: EnvironmentVars;
 
// Declared as existing
const sysName = env.NAME;
const os = env.OS;
      
const os: string
 
// Not declared, but because of the index
// signature, then it is considered a string
const nodeEnv = env.NODE_ENV;
        
const nodeEnv: stringTry

Turning on noUncheckedIndexedAccess will add undefined to any un-declared field in the type.

ts
declare const env: EnvironmentVars;
 
// Declared as existing
const sysName = env.NAME;
const os = env.OS;
      
const os: string
 
// Not declared, but because of the index
// signature, then it is considered a string
const nodeEnv = env.NODE_ENV;
        
const nodeEnv: string | undefinedTry