Avro Typescript
A simple JS library to convert Avro Schemas to JSON Schemas using Typebox.
Install
npm install avro-to-json-schema
The library can be run in node.js or the browser. It takes a Avro Schema as a JavaScript object (from JSON) and returns the JSONSchema as a string.
Usage
import { avroToJSONSchema, RecordType } from "avro-to-json-schema"
const schemaText = fs.readFileSync("example.avsc", "UTF8");
const schema = JSON.parse(schemaText) as RecordType;
console.log(avroToJSONSchema(schema as RecordType));Features
Most Avro features are supported, including:
- Enumerated Types
- Maps
- Named Records
- Mandatory and optional fields
- Unions
- Primitives
To-do
- Generate a function to set defaults as per the schema
- Add support for fixed
- Generate JSDocs from documentation
- Add namespace support