Function isSearchResultItem

isSearchResultItem(product: unknown): product is OnyxMetSearchResultItem

Type guard to validate if an object matches the SearchResultItem structure. Checks for the presence and correct types of required properties in Onyxmet search results. Required properties:

label: Product name/title
image: Product image URL or identifier
description: Product description text
href: Product URL or path

Parameters

product: unknown
The object to validate

Returns product is OnyxMetSearchResultItem

Type predicate indicating if the object is a valid SearchResultItem

Typeguard

Example

// Valid search result item
const validItem = {
  label: "Sodium Chloride",
  image: "nacl.jpg",
  description: "High purity NaCl",
  href: "/products/nacl"
};
if (isSearchResultItem(validItem)) {
  console.log("Valid item:", validItem.label);
}

// Invalid search result item (missing properties)
const invalidItem = {
  label: "Sodium Chloride",
  image: "nacl.jpg"
  // Missing description and href
};
if (!isSearchResultItem(invalidItem)) {
  console.log("Invalid item - missing required properties");
}

// Invalid search result item (wrong type)
const wrongType = "not an object";
if (!isSearchResultItem(wrongType)) {
  console.log("Invalid item - not an object");
}