From c7ef041a252841e6868037ec6e10eaf6b97af2e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Guerrieri <klaidliadon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:24:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add type alias support

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml                    |  2 +-
 _examples/hello-webrpc/hello-api.ridl       |  3 +++
 _examples/hello-webrpc/webapp/client.gen.js | 10 +++++++---
 types.go.tmpl                               |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0395d3a..d16f6aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install webrpc-gen
         run: |
-          curl -o ./webrpc-gen -fLJO https://github.com/webrpc/webrpc/releases/download/v0.32.3/webrpc-gen.linux-amd64
+          curl -o ./webrpc-gen -fLJO https://github.com/webrpc/webrpc/releases/download/v0.37.0/webrpc-gen.linux-amd64
           chmod +x ./webrpc-gen
           echo $PWD >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
diff --git a/_examples/hello-webrpc/hello-api.ridl b/_examples/hello-webrpc/hello-api.ridl
index c2b6083..ac66dd5 100644
--- a/_examples/hello-webrpc/hello-api.ridl
+++ b/_examples/hello-webrpc/hello-api.ridl
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ enum Kind: uint32
   - USER = 1
   - ADMIN = 2
 
+type Username: string
+type Age: uint32
+
 struct Empty
 
 struct User
diff --git a/_examples/hello-webrpc/webapp/client.gen.js b/_examples/hello-webrpc/webapp/client.gen.js
index c407063..4fd4fa7 100644
--- a/_examples/hello-webrpc/webapp/client.gen.js
+++ b/_examples/hello-webrpc/webapp/client.gen.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-// hello-webrpc v1.0.0 7037367a376940060eaf2739a920c4dca4a6dc2e
+// hello-webrpc v1.0.0 949b00a8db9810c69295f9dd9f02587a65d3c497
 // --
-// Code generated by webrpc-gen@v0.32.3 with ../../ generator. DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by webrpc-gen@v0.37.0 with ../../ generator. DO NOT EDIT.
 //
 // webrpc-gen -schema=hello-api.ridl -target=../../ -exports=false -client -out=./webapp/client.gen.js
 
@@ -11,12 +11,16 @@ const WebRPCVersion = "v1"
 const WebRPCSchemaVersion = "v1.0.0"
 
 // Schema hash generated from your RIDL schema
-const WebRPCSchemaHash = "7037367a376940060eaf2739a920c4dca4a6dc2e"
+const WebRPCSchemaHash = "949b00a8db9810c69295f9dd9f02587a65d3c497"
 
 //
 // Types
 //
 
+// type Username = string
+
+// type Age = uint32
+
 var Kind;
 (function (Kind) {
   Kind["USER"] = "USER"
diff --git a/types.go.tmpl b/types.go.tmpl
index 1985322..1be9bac 100644
--- a/types.go.tmpl
+++ b/types.go.tmpl
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 })({{$enumName}} || ({{$enumName}} = {}))
 {{end -}}
 
+{{- if isAliasType $type }}
+// type {{$type.Name}} = {{$type.Type}}
+{{end -}}
+
 {{- if isStructType $type }}
 {{if $opts.exports}}export {{end}}class {{.Name}} {
   constructor(_data) {