Wrap entityservice findmany in a separate function

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I am trying to wrap a basic strapi.entityService.findMany("api::product-update.product-update") in a separate function in a separate file. At some point I will add searchCriteria as params and it will get too verbose if I reuse. the function in a controller.
Here is the function I am using:
getEntities.ts

import { TObject } from "../types/global";
export type ContentType = Registry.Keys<Shared.ContentTypes, UID.ContentType>;
export const getEntities = async <T>(
  model: string,
  criteria: TObject
): Promise<T[]> => {
  const entities = await strapi.entityService.findMany(
    `api::${model}.${model}` as ContentType,
    {
      ...criteria,
    }
  );

  return entities as T[];
};

The problem with the getEntities is that when using it, I get zero autocomplete to show variables in the result, that’s not the case when I use strapi.entityService.findMany directly.

I tried using a basic function at first:

  model: string,
  criteria: TObject
) => {
  const entities = await strapi.entityService.findMany(
    `api::${model}.${model}`,
    {
      ...criteria,
    }
  );

  return entities;
};```
However the ``api::${model}.${model}`` params is throwing an error , which is why I tried the method mentionned above.```Argument of type '`api::${string}.${string}`' is not assignable to parameter of type 'ContentType'.```

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