protoschema-plugins

The protoschema-plugins repository contains a collection of Protobuf plugins that generate different types of schema from protobuf files. This includes:

• PubSub
• JSON Schema

PubSub Protobuf Schema

Generates a schema for a given protobuf file that can be used as a PubSub schema in the form of a single self-contained messaged normalized to proto2.

Install the protoc-gen-pubsub plugin directly:

go install github.com/bufbuild/protoschema-plugins/cmd/protoc-gen-pubsub@latest

Or reference it as a Remote Plugin in buf.gen.yaml:

version: v1
plugins:
  - plugin: buf.build/bufbuild/protoschema-pubsub
    out: ./gen

For examples see testdata which contains the generated schema for test case definitions found in proto.

JSON Schema

Generates a JSON Schema for a given protobuf file. This implementation uses the latest JSON Schema Draft 2020-12.

Install the protoc-gen-jsonschema directly:

go install github.com/bufbuild/protoschema-plugins/cmd/protoc-gen-jsonschema@latest

Or reference it as a Remote Plugin in buf.gen.yaml:

version: v1
plugins:
  - plugin: buf.build/bufbuild/protoschema-jsonschema
    out: ./gen

For examples see testdata which contains the generated schema for test case definitions found in proto.

Here is a simple generated schema from the following protobuf:

message Product {
  message Location {
    float lat = 1;
    float long = 2;
  }

  int32 product_id = 1;
  string product_name = 2;
  float price = 3;
  repeated string tags = 4;
  Location location = 5;
}

Results in the following JSON Schema files:

• *.schema.json files are generated with underscore-case fields
• *.jsonschema.json files are generated with camelCase

Product.schema.json

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "product_id": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "product_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "price": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "lat": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "long": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "required": ["lat", "long"]
    }
  },
  "required": ["product_id", "product_name", "price", "tags", "location"]
}

Product.Location.schema.json

{
  "$id": "Product.Location.schema.json",
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "lat": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "enum": ["NaN", "Infinity", "-Infinity"],
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "long": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "number"
        },
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "enum": ["NaN", "Infinity", "-Infinity"],
          "type": "string"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "type": "object"
}

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Status

This project is currently in alpha. The API should be considered unstable and likely to change.

Legal

Offered under the Apache 2 license.