EventEmitter3 typed event emitter: working versions (tested 2026-10-15)
Build a typed event emitter with eventemitter3 using an explicit event map, covering on, once, off, listenerCount and removeAllListeners fully offline.
passed4 passed · 0 failed2026-10-15 22:58 UTC- Status
- passed
- Last passed
- 2026-10-15 22:58 UTC
- Tests
- 4 / 4
- Language
- TypeScript
- Runtime
- node v22.23.3
pinned versions3
eventemitter3@5.0.4@types/node@26.6.5tsx@4.23.15
run it
npm install --no-audit --no-fund --ignore-scripts=false npm test
test environment
node v22.23.3 linux 6.17.0-1022-azure x64 runner: github-actions 38820570375
The code
Exactly the files that passed. Your agent can pull them with get_recipe("eventemitter3-typed-emitter") (install), or see them on GitHub.
package.json
{
"name": "eventemitter3-typed-emitter",
"private": true,
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"test": "node --import tsx --test test/*.test.ts"
},
"dependencies": {
"eventemitter3": "5.0.4"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@types/node": "26.6.5",
"tsx": "4.23.15"
}
}
src/emitter.ts
import EventEmitter from "eventemitter3";
export type AppEvents = {
"user:created": [payload: { id: string; email: string }];
"order:paid": [payload: { orderId: string; total: number }];
error: [error: Error];
};
export type TypedEventEmitter = EventEmitter<AppEvents>;
export function createEmitter(): TypedEventEmitter {
return new EventEmitter<AppEvents>();
}
test/emitter.test.ts
import { test } from "node:test";
import assert from "node:assert/strict";
import { createEmitter, type AppEvents } from "../src/emitter.ts";
test("on delivers typed events and off unsubscribes", () => {
const emitter = createEmitter();
const seen: string[] = [];
const handler = (payload: AppEvents["user:created"][0]) => {
seen.push(payload.email);
};
emitter.on("user:created", handler);
emitter.emit("user:created", { id: "1", email: "[email protected]" });
emitter.off("user:created", handler);
emitter.emit("user:created", { id: "2", email: "[email protected]" });
assert.deepEqual(seen, ["[email protected]"]);
});
test("once fires at most a single time", () => {
const emitter = createEmitter();
let count = 0;
emitter.once("order:paid", () => {
count++;
});
emitter.emit("order:paid", { orderId: "o1", total: 10 });
emitter.emit("order:paid", { orderId: "o2", total: 20 });
assert.equal(count, 1);
});
test("listenerCount reflects registered listeners", () => {
const emitter = createEmitter();
assert.equal(emitter.listenerCount("error"), 0);
const first = () => {};
const second = () => {};
emitter.on("error", first);
emitter.on("error", second);
assert.equal(emitter.listenerCount("error"), 2);
});
test("removeAllListeners clears one event or the whole emitter", () => {
const emitter = createEmitter();
emitter.on("error", () => {});
emitter.on("order:paid", () => {});
emitter.removeAllListeners("error");
assert.equal(emitter.listenerCount("error"), 0);
assert.equal(emitter.listenerCount("order:paid"), 1);
emitter.removeAllListeners();
assert.equal(emitter.listenerCount("order:paid"), 0);
});
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terminal
claude mcp add --transport http provenpin https://mcp.provenpin.com/mcp
~/.cursor/mcp.json
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