Thanks for the response, I tried using Struct to send requests and responses but on the server side I am only receiving the empty response every time.I checked online many people faced same issue so is it bug or implementation problem. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!
On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 10:10 PM Austin Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > Might not work for all you need, but could try: > https://protobuf.dev/reference/protobuf/google.protobuf/#struct > > In prior use cases, we've also treated things like your metadata field as > a string, and then parsed the string field to extract anything relevant. > > In general, I prefer to have the proto define anything in it that might be > optional, rather than [ "could be anything" ]. That allows for some nicer > handling, BUT means you also would want to be in sync with the data > creator/producer, which isn't always possible. > > Good luck! > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM 'Ayush Shah' via Protocol Buffers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Newbie question... If I have the following sample "User" JSON data: >> >> { >> firstName: 'Bob' >> lastName: 'Smith', >> email: '[email protected] <https://groups.google.com/>', >> metadata: { >> // a plain JS object that >> // - will always exist and be at least an empty {} object >> // - could potentially contain any number of properties and values, >> depending on specific "user" >> } >> } >> >> How do I represent the metadata property within proto definition? I've >> tried >> >> message User { >> message Metadata {} >> >> string email = 1; >> string firstName = 2; >> string lastName = 3; >> Metadata metadata = 4; >> } >> >> or using `Any` >> >> message User { >> string email = 1; >> string firstName = 2; >> string lastName = 3; >> google.protobuf.Any details = 4; >> } >> >> >> but without success. Working within Node.js if relevant. Any help is much >> appreciated. Thanks! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Protocol Buffers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/276ff12e-a207-495a-9c92-adcc41b85b4an%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/276ff12e-a207-495a-9c92-adcc41b85b4an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/CAJ5fB5jna238tDGxcGUUZ7BmqBTHSu_MXA3ZDJ5XDJZgRurXEA%40mail.gmail.com.
