gRPC-web generator

gRPC-web generator helps you generate your javascript gRPC-web files without having to install anything in your machine.

See gRPC-web for more details.

I assume that in the future there will be a official npm package to generate the necessary grpc-web files. Until that happens, gRPC-web generator uses a docker container containing all the necessary dependencies to run the code generation process.

Requirements

• Docker

Configuration

To comunicate between the container and the host, we expect the folder with the protofile and anything else that you wish to include in the generation to be mounted on /protofile

You can configure how to files are generated passing the following environment variables

protofile

Defines the name of the proto file to use.

Defaults to protofile=echo.proto.

It's expected to be somewhere inside /protofile.

output

The output files will be saved to $output.

Defaults to output=/protofile/generated.

If you use other folder, please ensure that it's a mounted volume so the files end up in your host.

import_style

See more details at gRPC-web.

Defaults to commonjs.

import_style=closure: The default generated code has Closure goog.require() import style.

import_style=commonjs: The CommonJS style require() is also supported.

Note: commonjs+dts and typescript are only supported by the grpc-web_out plugin. You should use an extra environment variable as shown bellow:

grpc_web_import_style=commonjs+dts: (Experimental) In addition to above, a .d.ts typings file will also be generated for the protobuf messages and service stub.

grpc_web_import_style=typescript: (Experimental) The service stub will be generated in TypeScript.

mode

For more information about the gRPC-Web wire format, please see the specification at gRPC-web.

Defaults to grpcwebtext.

mode=grpcwebtext: The default generated code sends the payload in the grpc-web-text format.

• Content-type: application/grpc-web-text
• Payload are base64-encoded.
• Both unary and server streaming calls are supported.

mode=grpcweb: A binary protobuf format is also supported.

• Content-type: application/grpc-web+proto
• Payload are in the binary protobuf format.
• Only unary calls are supported for now.

How to get the image

From DockerHub

The image is available at Docker Hub

docker pull juanjodiaz/grpc-web-generator

Build from source

docker build <path_to_this_repository> -t juanjodiaz/grpc-web-generator

Generating the files

  docker run \
    -v "<MY_INCLUDES_FOLDER>:/protofile" \
    -e "protofile=<MY_PROTO_FILE>.proto" \
    juanjodiaz/grpc-web-generator

Integrating it in your npm build

You can add a script to your NPM file like:

{
  "name": "my projects",

  ...

  "scripts": {
    "grpc.generate": "docker run -v \"<MY_INCLUDES_FOLDER>:/protofile\" -e \"protofile=<MY_PROTO_FILE>.proto\" juanjodiaz/grpc-web-generator:1.2.1"
  },

  ...
}

and then run it as:

  npm run grpc.generate

License

MIT