# [googleapis Proto Files: Node.js Client](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files) [](https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages) [](https://www.npmjs.org/package/google-proto-files) [](https://codecov.io/gh/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files) > Get a copy of the [googleapis](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis) proto files into your project. * [github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files) Read more about the client libraries for Cloud APIs, including the older Google APIs Client Libraries, in [Client Libraries Explained][explained]. [explained]: https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/client-libraries-explained **Table of contents:** * [Usage](#usage) * [Versioning](#versioning) * [Contributing](#contributing) * [License](#license) ## Usage ```sh $ npm install --save google-proto-files ``` ```js const protoFiles = require('google-proto-files') ``` ### Get a directory path by executing as a function ```js protoFiles('logging', 'v2') // node_modules/google-proto-files/google/logging/v2 ``` ### Get a path to the entry proto file for a specific API version ```js protoFiles.pubsub.v1 // node_modules/google-proto-files/google/pubsub/v1/pubsub.proto ``` ## load|loadSync(fileName, [options]) ### [options](https://github.com/dcodeIO/protobuf.js/blob/master/src/parse.js#L42-L44) ### Load a proto which depends on google common protos. #### Asynchronously ```js protoFiles.load('path/to/file.proto').then(function(root) { const MyService = root.lookup('example.MyService') }) ``` #### Synchronously ```js const root = protoFiles.loadSync('path/to/file.proto'); const MyService = root.lookup('example.MyService'); ``` ## Versioning This library follows [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/). This library is considered to be in **alpha**. This means it is still a work-in-progress and under active development. Any release is subject to backwards-incompatible changes at any time. More Information: [Google Cloud Platform Launch Stages][launch_stages] [launch_stages]: https://cloud.google.com/terms/launch-stages ## Contributing Contributions welcome! See the [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). ## License Apache Version 2.0 See [LICENSE](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-proto-files/blob/master/LICENSE)