Thrift IDL for NodeJS

The project offers the following functionalities: a) Generation of Javascript files from the Thrift IDL (Interface Description Language) files b) Provides the client instance to communicate with the Thrift downstream servers.

Reference

@creditkarma/thrift-server

Clone

$ git clone ssh://[email protected]:2222/kiran-uday/thrift2nodejs-util.git

Install the package from npm

$ npm install thriftnode-util --save       

Build thrift Files stored in your project

$ thrift2node <PATH-TO-THRIFT-IDL_DIR>   # PATH-TO-THRIFT-IDL_DIR - The Thrift IDL (.thrift) files directory path  

Create Thrift Client Instance

const thriftClient = require('thriftnode-util');

router.get('/:id', function(req, res) {
    
    thriftClient.getThriftClient('com.content', 'ContentService', {
        hostName: DOWNSTREAM_HOST_NAME,
        port: DOWNSTREAM_POST,
        path: '/',
    }).getPost(req.params.id).then(post => {    // getPost is the API exposed through the Thrift IDL
        // Handle Success
    }, (error) => {
        // Handle error
    });
});