protobufjs-loader

Webpack loader to translate
protobuf definitions to
ProtoBuf.js
modules. Equivalent to running your definitions through the pbjs
CLI.

This allows you to use the light or minimal ProtoBuf.js distributions
without an explicit compile step in your build pipeline.

Install

`` sh
npm install --save-dev protobufjs-loader-webpack4
`

Usage

` javascript
// webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
...
module: {
rules: [{
test: /\.proto$/,
use: {
loader: 'protobufjs-loader',
options: {
/* controls the "target" flag to pbjs - true for
* json-module, false for static-module.
* default: false
*/
json: true,

/* import paths provided to pbjs.
* default: webpack import paths (i.e. config.resolve.modules)
*/
paths: ['/path/to/definitions'],

/* additional command line arguments passed to
* pbjs, see https://github.com/dcodeIO/ProtoBuf.js/#pbjs-for-javascript
* for a list of what's available.
* default: []
*/
pbjsArgs: ['--no-encode']
}
}
}]
}
};
`

` javascript
// myModule.js

/* replaces e.g.:
*
* const protobuf = require('protobufjs/light');
* const jsonDescriptor = require('json!my/compiled/protobuf.js');
* const Root = protobuf.Root.fromJSON(jsonDescriptor);
*/
const Root = require('my/protobuf.proto');

``