Polkadot js API Type Issue

Question

I am getting type as Codec while using api.query.<module><method>. The types should be specific or am i missing something. Is there any way to convert this into the right type.

Answer 1

Remember that the full types are only available at runtime, i.e. all the endpoints and methods and their types are available in the on-chain runtime via metadata

When operating in a TypeScript environment, this means you would need to apply static types "augmented" for your specific chain - no two Substrate-based chains are the same

The pjs api docs has a section detailing how to apply augmentation.

It has also been covered before in another answer which has code samples which I am shortening below with attribution to the answer linked -

// apply augmentation first, before any usage
import "@polkadot/api-augment"

// normal imports
import { ApiPromise, WsProvider } from "@polkadot/api"

// ... all code with augmented types follow

Answer 2

Take a look at this https://github.com/Supercolony-net/typechain-polkadot, we are working on it, and in the future, there will be a lot of new features!