Typescript promise generic type

Question

I've a sample Promise function like below. On success I return a number and on false I return string. The compiler is complaining to specify some kind of generic type to the promise. In this case what type I've to specify? Do I've to specify like Promise<number> or Promise<number | string>?

function test(arg: string): Promise {     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {         if (arg === "a") {             resolve(1);         } else {             reject("1");         }     }); } 

Answer 1

The generic type of the Promise should correspond to the non-error return-type of the function. The error is implicitly of type any and is not specified in the Promise generic type.

So for example:

function test(arg: string): Promise<number> {     return new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {         if (arg === "a") {             resolve(1);         } else {             reject("1");         }     }); }