This PR adds comprehensive TypeScript generic support to lambda-api's Request and Response types, enabling developers to create strongly-typed APIs with better compile-time safety.

Key Changes

Generic Type Definitions

• Request<TParams, TQuery, TBody> - Generic Request class with customizable params, query, and body types
• Response - Generic Response class with customizable response body type
• Middleware<TReq, TRes> - Generic middleware type
• HandlerFunction<TReq, TRes> - Generic handler function type
• ErrorHandlingMiddleware<TReq, TRes> - Generic error handling middleware type
• FinallyFunction<TReq, TRes> - Generic finally function type

Usage Example

import { Request, Response, HandlerFunction, Middleware } from 'lambda-api';
// Define strongly typed interfaces
interface UserParams { userId: string; }
interface UserQuery { include?: 'profile' | 'settings'; }
interface UserBody { name: string; email: string; }
interface ApiResponse { success: boolean; data: any; }
// Create typed request/response aliases
type UserRequest = Request<UserParams, UserQuery, UserBody>;
type UserResponse = Response<ApiResponse>;
// Fully type-safe handler
const getUserHandler: HandlerFunction<UserRequest, UserResponse> = (req, res) => {
 // req.params.userId is typed as string
 // req.query.include is typed as 'profile' | 'settings' | undefined
 // req.body.name and req.body.email are typed as string
 // res.json() expects ApiResponse shape
 res.json({ success: true, data: { user: req.body.name } });
};
// Type-safe middleware
const authMiddleware: Middleware<UserRequest, UserResponse> = (req, res, next) => {
 if (!req.headers.authorization) {
 res.status(401).json({ success: false, data: null });
 return;
 }
 next();
};
// Usage with API routes
api.get('/users/:userId', authMiddleware, getUserHandler);

Benefits

• Type Safety - Catch type errors at compile time instead of runtime
• IntelliSense - Better IDE support with autocomplete and error detection
• Documentation - Types serve as living documentation of API contracts
• Refactoring - Safer code changes with compiler assistance
• Team Collaboration - Clearer contracts between API consumers and producers

Backwards Compatibility

All existing lambda-api code continues to work without changes. The generic types have sensible defaults:

• Request defaults to Request<{[key: string]: string | undefined}, {[key: string]: string | undefined}, any>
• Response defaults to Response<any>
• All middleware and handler types maintain their current behavior

Developers can gradually adopt the new generic types at their own pace.

Testing

• ✅ All existing unit tests pass (478 tests)
• ✅ Comprehensive TypeScript type tests added
• ✅ Code formatting and linting verified
• ✅ Real-world examples compile successfully
• ✅ Backwards compatibility validated

Fixes #244.

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