@bufbuild/protocompile

This tool compiles descriptors from Protobuf on the fly.

Do you need a message schema in your test? With the compileMessage function, you can compile inline Protobuf source to a message descriptor:

import { compileMessage } from "@bufbuild/protocompile";
import { redact } from "./redact.js";

describe("redact", () => {
  it("should redact string field", () => {
    const schema = compileMessage(`
      syntax = "proto3";
      message Example {
        string foo = 1 [ debug_redact = true ];
      }
    `);
    const message: Message & Record<string, unknown> = create(schema, {
      foo: "abc",
    });
    redact(message);
    expect(message.foo).toBe("");
  });
});

The package also exports functions to compile Protobuf descriptors for all other types, such as enumerations and services.

Under the hood, the functions shell out to the buf build command. You need @bufbuild/buf as a peer dependency to use them.

Note that the functions return anonymous descriptors. They are functionally identical to generated descriptors, but do not have generated type information attached.