Typescript - Record<string, any> to Object

Question

I have a Record<string, any> and would like to convert it to an object. I get this type unfortunately by Nock, so I can't change it though. But to continue working with it, I need an object. Maybe someone knows the answer, because unfortunately I have not found anything myself.

Answer 1

The Record type is an object.

Record<string, any> is a type where the keys are string and every value is any. In fact you could write this type using object type notation.

type A = Record<string, any>
type B = { [key: string]: any }
// A and B are equivalent

And you can access it like an object:

const obj: Record<string, any> = { ... data here ... }
const aValue = obj.someProp

So if you have a Record<string, any>, you can access any string property like you would an object, and then you will get back an object typed as any. No transformation necesary.