JavaScript: es6 module generation

[tbillington]

Asking because I couldn't find anything about generating es6 modules instead of closure or common via protoc (https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/javascript-generated#package).

Is it possible or on the roadmap?

[lfmunoz]

Yes it isn't specified anywhere what would be the correct syntax. My guess is this:
protoc --js_out=import_style=es6,binary:${DEST} -I ${SRC} ${PROTO_FILE}

but the code generated isn't showing any imports or exports so it must not be working. Can someone confirm what the correct syntax is?

[jwall149]

My version is

$ protoc --version
libprotoc 3.5.0

It doesn't even complain if any random import_stype provide: protoc --js_out=import_style=random,binary:${DEST} -I ${SRC} ${PROTO_FILE}

[xfxyjwf]

es6 module isn't supported yet.

[juanjoDiaz]

Any chance of ES6 imports happening soon?

Currently blocking grpc/grpc-web#237

[sikmike]

Are there any news about ES6 support? I am trying to use grpc-web with commonjs in Vue.js, but get an error.

[thesayyn]

You should consider using https://github.com/thesayyn/protoc-gen-ts. It generates classes ES6 compatible.

[seishun]

Would you accept ES6 support in a pull request?

[Asher-]

Why is it considered to be in any way acceptable to still be relying on ES5 code 5 years after its deprecation?

[ppeou]

Please enhance protoc compiler to generate es6 modules.

[gunters63]

I made a patch for an older commit of protobuf for creating ES6 compatible code. It works fine for me, although it is far from being good enough for a pull request:

protobufjs/protobuf.js#1567