NOTE: the javascript generator is almost identical to the typescript one, just without the types.. we could have even omitted this generator and just relied on
tscto compile to es5/es6 JS versions, but for ease of use for devs that don't use TS, we offer this generator.
This generator, from a webrpc schema/design file will code-generate:
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Client -- an isomorphic/universal Javascript client to speak to a webrpc server using the provided schema. This client is compatible with any webrpc server language (ie. Go, nodejs, etc.). As the client is isomorphic, means you can use this within a Web browser or use the client in a server like nodejs -- both without needing any dependencies. I suggest to read the generated TS output of the generated code, and you shall see, its nothing fancy, just the sort of thing you'd write by hand.
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Server -- a nodejs Javascript server handler. See examples.
webrpc-gen -schema=example.ridl -target=javascript -server -client -out=./example.gen.ts
or
webrpc-gen -schema=example.ridl -target=github.com/webrpc/gen-javascript@v0.7.0 -server -client -out=./example.gen.js
or
webrpc-gen -schema=example.ridl -target=./local-templates-on-disk -server -client -out=./example.gen.js
Change any of the following values by passing -option="Value" CLI flag to webrpc-gen.
| webrpc-gen -option | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
-client |
generate client code | unset (false) |
-server |
generate server code | unset (false) |
-exports=false |
disable "exports" in code | enabled (true) |
Example:
webrpc-gen -schema=example.ridl -target=javascript -server -client -exports=false -out=./example.gen.js