int8

The CandidType object int8 corresponds to the Candid type int8, is inferred to be a TypeScript number, and will be decoded into a JavaScript Number at runtime.

TypeScript or JavaScript:

import { Canister, int8, query } from 'azle/experimental';

export default Canister({
    getInt8: query([], int8, () => {
        return 127;
    }),
    printInt8: query([int8], int8, (int8) => {
        console.log(typeof int8);
        return int8;
    })
});

Candid:

service : () -> {
    getInt8 : () -> (int8) query;
    printInt8 : (int8) -> (int8) query;
}

dfx:

dfx canister call candid_canister printInt8 '(127 : int8)'
(127 : int8)