[question] How to generate `require('@grpc/grpc-js')` instead of `require('grpc')`

I am not sure if this is the correct place to ask…

I would like to use @grpc/grpc-js instead of grpc in the generated JS code to overcome an issue inside a bundled electron application.

Is it possible to staticly generate the JS code with require('@grpc/grpc-js') instead of require('grpc'). My current approach is to generate it with require('grpc'), then parse the generated files and replace the requires in a manual step 😞 Is there a flag I can tweak to adjust the generator?

I was unable to find the solution, so I set up a bare minimum example, perhaps someone can advise.

Thank you!

[Wambou]

Hi,

Since I am passing by and seeing this issues, I managed to generate code that uses require('@grpc/grpc-js') by using --grpc_out=grpc_js:<path>.

I still need to test if it works properly.

[mpminardi]

@murgatroid99 @paambaati has there been any progress on this?

I modified index.d.ts locally to export the types I needed (e.g., ServiceDefinition, handleUnaryCall, etc.) and changed ServiceDefinition to have MethodDefinition<any, any> instead of MethodDefinition<object, object> and it seems to be working (albeit with modifications still needed to the generated code to do the require('@grpc/grpc-js') change among other things).

I can try making a pull-request if there is still interest.