proto-to-ts-type

This library will generate TypeScript types from .proto files. This does not generate other features like binary serializing/deserializing, toJson/fromJson or other stuff like that.

how to use

1. install package

yarn add --dev proto-to-ts-type

2. execute protoc command

• without option

protoc \
  --plugin="./node_modules/.bin/protoc-gen-ts-type" \
  --ts-type_out=. \
  proto.proto

• with options

For example, If you'd like to generate json_name defined in protofiles as TS type fields and enum as string, execute the following command.

Each the pair of key and value is supposed to be delimited by equal sign =, and comma , for each parameters.

protoc \
  --plugin="./node_modules/.bin/protoc-gen-ts-type" \
  --ts-type_out=. \
  --ts-type_opt=useJsonName=true,enumValueAsString=true \
  proto.proto

Available option

Check in src/option.ts.

key	value
useJsonName	true/false	json_name in a proto file would be used.
enumValueAsString	true/false	Enum value would be same as member names instead of numbers, which starts with 0
useTypeGuardForOneOf	true/false	If true, add type guard functions for oneof operation, or optional properties.

The mapping rules of proto to TypeScript types

proto	TypeScript
double	number
float	number
int32	number
uint32	number
sint32	number
fixed32	number
sfixed	number
int64	bigint
uint64	bigint
sint64	bigint
fixed64	bigint
sfixed64	bigint
string	string
bool	boolean
group	type_name of FieldDescriptorProto
enum	type_name of FieldDescriptorProto
message	type_name of FieldDescriptorProto

dependencies

• plugin.proto https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/src/google/protobuf/compiler/plugin.proto

• descriptor.proto https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/src/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto