protocol-buffers

npm install protocol-buffers

enum FOO {
  BAR = 1;
}

message Test {
  required float num  = 1;
  required string payload = 2;
}

message AnotherOne {
  repeated FOO list = 1;
}

var protobuf = require('protocol-buffers')

// pass a proto file as a buffer/string or pass a parsed protobuf-schema object
var messages = protobuf(fs.readFileSync('test.proto'))

var buf = messages.Test.encode({
  num: 42,
  payload: 'hello world'
})

console.log(buf) // should print a buffer

var obj = messages.Test.decode(buf)
console.log(obj) // should print an object similar to above

var buf = messages.AnotherOne.encode({
  list: [
    messages.FOO.BAR
  ]
})

var buf = message.SomeMessage.encode({
  list: [
    messages.SomeMessage.NESTED_ENUM.VALUE
  ]
})