Cannot convert proto files to js format using pbjs

[Arun-KumarH]

I am trying to convert .proto file to javascript target but I am getting below error :
My protobufjs version is:
protobuf.js v6.0.2 cli

$ pbjs cat.proto -target=js > cat_pb.js
module.js:474
    throw err;
    ^
Error: Cannot find module '/restore/test/js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:472:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:420:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:500:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.exports.main (/usr/lib64/node_modules/protobufjs/cli/pbjs.js:64:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib64/node_modules/protobufjs/bin/pbjs:4:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:573:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:582:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:490:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:449:12)

My proto file is below :

syntax = "proto3";
package demo;
message Cat {
   required string name = 1;
   required     int32 age = 2;
	message Parent {
		required     string name = 1;
	        required     string email = 2;
			}
	repeated Parent parents =4;
}

Please suggest.

[dcodeIO]

protobuf.js 6's pbjs does not have a js target. It has proto2, proto3, json and static. A classes target similar to js of protobuf.js 5 is planned but would benefit a lot from generation multiple files (one for each class, but currently pbjs generates a single file only).

[Arun-KumarH]

So which versions of pbjs currently support the target js / commonjs ?
When is the expected planned release for pbjs support for prtobuf.js 6's version ?

Any suggestion to generate javascript files from proto files with version 6 (even it is single file should not be a problem).

[dcodeIO]

The js target you are looking for is currently available with protobuf.js 5. Technically, it is not much different from what is described here for protobuf.js 6, which uses the json target and loads its output through Root.fromJSON.

The js target of protobuf.js 5 basically just loads the json output in a CommonJS wrapper.

I'd recommend that you use protobuf.js 6 with the json target and just wrap this up as:

module.exports = require("protobufjs").Root.fromJSON(%INSERT_GENERATED_JSON_HERE%);

(I might even add a quick target for that)

[dcodeIO]

You can use json-module now, which is basically what js was before. Use the --wrap argument in case you'd like to have a custom CommonJS-only wrapper.

[Arun-KumarH]

Does js here mean json-module for java script. I was looking for java script file which would be generated from pbjs some thing like protoc --proto_path=. --js_out=import_style=commonjs,binary:. test.proto - so a file similar to test_pb.js file which would be generated by protoc but using pbjs on cli, is that not possible using pbjs ?

[dcodeIO]

For static code, use the static-module target. This is still somewhat experimental, though, so let me know of any issues.