$Fetch.create parametter type

[benavern]

Environment

"nuxt": "^3.13.2"
"typescript": "^5.6.3",
"vue-tsc": "^2.1.6"

Reproduction

This is just a type bug that I have in my project, I found a solution that could / seems to fix the bug and wanted to discuss it here

Describe the bug

when using $fetch.create() with the first parameter (defaults: FetchOptions) explicitely defined in my code as of type FetchOptions<'json'> I see an error (pasted in the Log part of this issue)

Additional context

after trying a large number of solutions, I have found that in the $Fetch type definition, the create method ha no generic attached on the first argument.

interface $Fetch {
    <T = any, R extends ResponseType = "json">(request: FetchRequest, options?: FetchOptions<R>): Promise<MappedResponseType<R, T>>;
    raw<T = any, R extends ResponseType = "json">(request: FetchRequest, options?: FetchOptions<R>): Promise<FetchResponse<MappedResponseType<R, T>>>;
    native: Fetch;
-    create(defaults: FetchOptions, globalOptions?: CreateFetchOptions): $Fetch;
+    create(defaults: FetchOptions<R>, globalOptions?: CreateFetchOptions): $Fetch;
}

this simple change seems to fix my issue. I don't know it this is the right solution though...

Logs

Argument of type '{ responseType: "json"; baseURL: string; body?: RequestInit["body"] | Record<string, any>; ignoreResponseError?: boolean; params?: Record<string, any>; query?: Record<string, any>; ... 24 more ...; onResponseError?: MaybeArray<...> | undefined; }' is not assignable to parameter of type 'FetchOptions<ResponseType, any>'.
  Types of property 'retryDelay' are incompatible.
    Type 'number | ((context: FetchContext<any, "json">) => number) | undefined' is not assignable to type 'number | ((context: FetchContext<any, ResponseType>) => number) | undefined'.
      Type '(context: FetchContext<any, "json">) => number' is not assignable to type 'number | ((context: FetchContext<any, ResponseType>) => number) | undefined'.
        Type '(context: FetchContext<any, "json">) => number' is not assignable to type '(context: FetchContext<any, ResponseType>) => number'.
          Types of parameters 'context' and 'context' are incompatible.
            Type 'FetchContext<any, ResponseType>' is not assignable to type 'FetchContext<any, "json">'.
              Type 'ResponseType' is not assignable to type '"json"'.
                Type '"text"' is not assignable to type '"json"'.

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Edit:
I tried this in my project: #371

This seams to fix my problem, but can't confirm as of now...

[benavern]

For more information, here is the code of the abstract class I have this issue in:

import type { $Fetch, FetchOptions } from 'ofetch';
import { $fetch } from 'ofetch';

export type RepositoryOptions = FetchOptions<'json'>;

export interface ApiResponseList<Item> {
    data: Item[],
    nbr: number,
    nb_pages: number,
}

export default abstract class AbstractRepository<ApiItem> {
    private _fetch: $Fetch;

    constructor(fetchOptions: RepositoryOptions & { baseURL: string }, applySecureOptions?: (options?: RepositoryOptions) => RepositoryOptions | undefined) {
        // Create the base fetch instance
        // @ts-ignore
        // @see: https://github.com/unjs/ofetch/issues/453
        this._fetch = $fetch.create({
            headers: {
                Accept: 'application/json',
                ...fetchOptions?.headers,
            },
            ...fetchOptions,
            responseType: 'json',
        });

        // Override the applySecureOptions method
        if (applySecureOptions) this.applySecureOptions = applySecureOptions;
    };

    // Should add all the usefull stuff in requests for authentificated api calls
    protected applySecureOptions(options?: RepositoryOptions): RepositoryOptions | undefined {
        return options;
    }

    // This is where the magic happens! The api call is made here, with all the data needed
    protected async call<FetchResponse = ApiItem>(url: string, options?: RepositoryOptions): Promise<FetchResponse> {
        return this._fetch(url, { method: 'GET', ...options });
    }
    
    // the same thing than the `call` method, but with `applySecureOptions` applied
    // <!> if you didn't provide a `applySecureOptions` this does exactly the same as the `fetch` method...
    protected async callSecure<FetchResponse = ApiItem>(url: string, options?: RepositoryOptions): Promise<FetchResponse> {
        const secureOptions = this.applySecureOptions(options);

        return this._fetch(url, { method: 'GET', ...secureOptions });
    }
}