Does it support generating ES6 specification JS files and using them in grPC-Web

[yl-yue]

Does it support generating ES6 specification JS files and using them in grPC-Web

[sessfeld]

It generates pure TypeScript, from there you can compile it however you like. I'm using @protobuf-ts/grpcweb-transport myself, and I'm more that happy with it.

[yl-yue]

Thank you for your reply.

Can I understand that I can develop in grpc-web using pure TypeScript and therefore there is no JS file ES6 import problem because there are no (or no need for) JS files

[timostamm]

You cannot use protobuf-ts with grpc-web and protoc-gen-grpc-web. Both are hardwired for google-protobuf and protoc --js_out.

But you can use protobuf-ts as a replacement. The transport Sebastian mentioned implements gRPC-web.

And protobuf-ts can generate TypeScript, or JavaScript with ES6 imports and exports, or JavaScript with CommonJS. protoc --js_out can only generate CommonJS. If possible at all, I'd recommend ES6 over CommonJS.

[lotus-x]

Hi @timostamm,

Are there any concerns to add .js extension to the imports?

[timostamm]

It would be pretty great if we could do that - enabled with an option - and make it default some time later. See #182

[lotus-x]

I see, it's already in progress right.

Thanks for your hard work ❤️