API documentation for the google.protobuf package.
IndexAny
(message)Api
(message)BoolValue
(message)BytesValue
(message)DoubleValue
(message)Duration
(message)Empty
(message)Enum
(message)EnumValue
(message)Field
(message)Field.Cardinality
(enum)Field.Kind
(enum)FieldMask
(message)FloatValue
(message)Int32Value
(message)Int64Value
(message)ListValue
(message)Method
(message)Mixin
(message)NullValue
(enum)Option
(message)SourceContext
(message)StringValue
(message)Struct
(message)Syntax
(enum)Timestamp
(message)Type
(message)UInt32Value
(message)UInt64Value
(message)Value
(message)Well-Known Types that end in “Value
” are wrapper messages for other types, such as BoolValue
and EnumValue
. These are now obsolete. The only reasons to use wrappers today would be:
Any
message.In most cases, there are better options:
optional
in proto2/proto3, regular field in edition >= 2023).Any
fields.Any
contains an arbitrary serialized message along with a URL that describes the type of the serialized message.
The JSON representation of an Any
value uses the regular representation of the deserialized, embedded message, with an additional field @type
which contains the type URL. Example:
package google.profile;
message Person {
string first_name = 1;
string last_name = 2;
}
{
"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.profile.Person",
"firstName": <string>,
"lastName": <string>
}
If the embedded message type is well-known and has a custom JSON representation, that representation will be embedded adding a field value
which holds the custom JSON in addition to the @type
field. Example (for message google.protobuf.Duration
):
{
"@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Duration",
"value": "1.212s"
}
Field name Type Description type_url
string
A URL/resource name whose content describes the type of the serialized message.
For URLs which use the schema http
, https
, or no schema, the following restrictions and interpretations apply:
https
is assumed.path/google.protobuf.Duration
).google.protobuf.Type
value in binary format, or produce an error.Schemas other than http
, https
(or the empty schema) might be used with implementation specific semantics.
value
bytes
Must be valid serialized data of the above specified type. Api
Api is a light-weight descriptor for a protocol buffer service.
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
The fully qualified name of this api, including package name followed by the api's simple name. methods
Method
The methods of this api, in unspecified order. options
Option
Any metadata attached to the API. version
string
A version string for this api. If specified, must have the form major-version.minor-version
, as in 1.10
. If the minor version is omitted, it defaults to zero. If the entire version field is empty, the major version is derived from the package name, as outlined below. If the field is not empty, the version in the package name will be verified to be consistent with what is provided here.
The versioning schema uses semantic versioning where the major version number indicates a breaking change and the minor version an additive, non-breaking change. Both version numbers are signals to users what to expect from different versions, and should be carefully chosen based on the product plan.
The major version is also reflected in the package name of the API, which must end in v<major-version>
, as in google.feature.v1
. For major versions 0 and 1, the suffix can be omitted. Zero major versions must only be used for experimental, none-GA apis.
source_context
SourceContext
Source context for the protocol buffer service represented by this message. mixins
Mixin
Included APIs. See Mixin
. syntax
Syntax
The source syntax of the service. BoolValue
Wrapper message for bool
.
The JSON representation for BoolValue
is JSON true
and false
.
value
bool
The bool value. BytesValue
Wrapper message for bytes
.
The JSON representation for BytesValue
is JSON string.
value
bytes
The bytes value. DoubleValue
Wrapper message for double
.
The JSON representation for DoubleValue
is JSON number.
value
double
The double value. Duration
A Duration represents a signed, fixed-length span of time represented as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution. It is independent of any calendar and concepts like "day" or "month". It is related to Timestamp in that the difference between two Timestamp values is a Duration and it can be added or subtracted from a Timestamp. Range is approximately +-10,000 years.
Example 1: Compute Duration from two Timestamps in pseudo code.
Timestamp start = ...;
Timestamp end = ...;
Duration duration = ...;
duration.seconds = end.seconds - start.seconds;
duration.nanos = end.nanos - start.nanos;
if (duration.seconds < 0 && duration.nanos > 0) {
duration.seconds += 1;
duration.nanos -= 1000000000;
} else if (duration.seconds > 0 && duration.nanos < 0) {
duration.seconds -= 1;
duration.nanos += 1000000000;
}
Example 2: Compute Timestamp from Timestamp + Duration in pseudo code.
Timestamp start = ...;
Duration duration = ...;
Timestamp end = ...;
end.seconds = start.seconds + duration.seconds;
end.nanos = start.nanos + duration.nanos;
if (end.nanos < 0) {
end.seconds -= 1;
end.nanos += 1000000000;
} else if (end.nanos >= 1000000000) {
end.seconds += 1;
end.nanos -= 1000000000;
}
The JSON representation for Duration
is a String
that ends in s
to indicate seconds and is preceded by the number of seconds, with nanoseconds expressed as fractional seconds.
seconds
int64
Signed seconds of the span of time. Must be from -315,576,000,000 to +315,576,000,000 inclusive. nanos
int32
Signed fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution of the span of time. Durations less than one second are represented with a 0 seconds
field and a positive or negative nanos
field. For durations of one second or more, a non-zero value for the nanos
field must be of the same sign as the seconds
field. Must be from -999,999,999 to +999,999,999 inclusive. Empty
A generic empty message that you can re-use to avoid defining duplicated empty messages in your APIs. A typical example is to use it as the request or the response type of an API method. For instance:
service Foo {
rpc Bar(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
}
The JSON representation for Empty
is empty JSON object {}
.
Enum type definition
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
Enum type name. enumvalue
EnumValue
Enum value definitions. options
Option
Protocol buffer options. source_context
SourceContext
The source context. syntax
Syntax
The source syntax. EnumValue
Enum value definition.
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
Enum value name. number
int32
Enum value number. options
Option
Protocol buffer options. Field
A single field of a message type.
Field name Type Descriptionkind
Kind
The field type. cardinality
Cardinality
The field cardinality. number
int32
The field number. name
string
The field name. type_url
string
The field type URL, without the scheme, for message or enumeration types. Example: "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Timestamp"
. oneof_index
int32
The index of the field type in Type.oneofs
, for message or enumeration types. The first type has index 1; zero means the type is not in the list. packed
bool
Whether to use alternative packed wire representation. options
Option
The protocol buffer options. json_name
string
The field JSON name. default_value
string
The string value of the default value of this field. Proto2 syntax only. Cardinality
Whether a field is optional, required, or repeated.
Enum value DescriptionCARDINALITY_UNKNOWN
For fields with unknown cardinality. CARDINALITY_OPTIONAL
For optional fields. CARDINALITY_REQUIRED
For required fields. Proto2 syntax only. CARDINALITY_REPEATED
For repeated fields. Kind
Basic field types.
Enum value DescriptionTYPE_UNKNOWN
Field type unknown. TYPE_DOUBLE
Field type double. TYPE_FLOAT
Field type float. TYPE_INT64
Field type int64. TYPE_UINT64
Field type uint64. TYPE_INT32
Field type int32. TYPE_FIXED64
Field type fixed64. TYPE_FIXED32
Field type fixed32. TYPE_BOOL
Field type bool. TYPE_STRING
Field type string. TYPE_GROUP
Field type group. Proto2 syntax only, and deprecated. TYPE_MESSAGE
Field type message. TYPE_BYTES
Field type bytes. TYPE_UINT32
Field type uint32. TYPE_ENUM
Field type enum. TYPE_SFIXED32
Field type sfixed32. TYPE_SFIXED64
Field type sfixed64. TYPE_SINT32
Field type sint32. TYPE_SINT64
Field type sint64. FieldMask
FieldMask
represents a set of symbolic field paths, for example:
paths: "f.a"
paths: "f.b.d"
Here f
represents a field in some root message, a
and b
fields in the message found in f
, and d
a field found in the message in f.b
.
Field masks are used to specify a subset of fields that should be returned by a get operation (a projection), or modified by an update operation. Field masks also have a custom JSON encoding (see below).
Field Masks in ProjectionsWhen a FieldMask
specifies a projection, the API will filter the response message (or sub-message) to contain only those fields specified in the mask. For example, consider this "pre-masking" response message:
f {
a : 22
b {
d : 1
x : 2
}
y : 13
}
z: 8
After applying the mask in the previous example, the API response will not contain specific values for fields x, y, or z (their value will be set to the default, and omitted in proto text output):
A repeated field is not allowed except at the last position of a field mask.
If a FieldMask
object is not present in a get operation, the operation applies to all fields (as if a FieldMask of all fields had been specified).
Note that a field mask does not necessarily apply to the top-level response message. In case of a REST get operation, the field mask applies directly to the response, but in case of a REST list operation, the mask instead applies to each individual message in the returned resource list. In case of a REST custom method, other definitions may be used. Where the mask applies will be clearly documented together with its declaration in the API. In any case, the effect on the returned resource/resources is required behavior for APIs.
Field Masks in Update OperationsA field mask in update operations specifies which fields of the targeted resource are going to be updated. The API is required to only change the values of the fields as specified in the mask and leave the others untouched. If a resource is passed in to describe the updated values, the API ignores the values of all fields not covered by the mask.
In order to reset a field’s value to the default, the field must be in the mask and set to the default value in the provided resource. Hence, in order to reset all fields of a resource, provide a default instance of the resource and set all fields in the mask, or do not provide a mask as described below.
If a field mask is not present on update, the operation applies to all fields (as if a field mask of all fields has been specified). Note that in the presence of schema evolution, this may mean that fields the client does not know and has therefore not filled into the request will be reset to their default. If this is unwanted behavior, a specific service may require a client to always specify a field mask, producing an error if not.
As with get operations, the location of the resource which describes the updated values in the request message depends on the operation kind. In any case, the effect of the field mask is required to be honored by the API.
Considerations for HTTP RESTThe HTTP kind of an update operation which uses a field mask must be set to PATCH instead of PUT in order to satisfy HTTP semantics (PUT must only be used for full updates).
JSON Encoding of Field MasksIn JSON, a field mask is encoded as a single string where paths are separated by a comma. Fields name in each path are converted to/from lower-camel naming conventions.
As an example, consider the following message declarations:
message Profile {
User user = 1;
Photo photo = 2;
}
message User {
string display_name = 1;
string address = 2;
}
In proto a field mask for Profile
may look as such:
mask {
paths: "user.display_name"
paths: "photo"
}
In JSON, the same mask is represented as below:
{
mask: "user.displayName,photo"
}
Field name Type Description paths
string
The set of field mask paths. FloatValue
Wrapper message for float
.
The JSON representation for FloatValue
is JSON number.
value
float
The float value. Int32Value
Wrapper message for int32
.
The JSON representation for Int32Value
is JSON number.
value
int32
The int32 value. Int64Value
Wrapper message for int64
.
The JSON representation for Int64Value
is JSON string.
value
int64
The int64 value. ListValue
ListValue
is a wrapper around a repeated field of values.
The JSON representation for ListValue
is JSON array.
values
Value
Repeated field of dynamically typed values. Method
Method represents a method of an api.
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
The simple name of this method. request_type_url
string
A URL of the input message type. request_streaming
bool
If true, the request is streamed. response_type_url
string
The URL of the output message type. response_streaming
bool
If true, the response is streamed. options
Option
Any metadata attached to the method. syntax
Syntax
The source syntax of this method. Mixin
Declares an API to be included in this API. The including API must redeclare all the methods from the included API, but documentation and options are inherited as follows:
If after comment and whitespace stripping, the documentation string of the redeclared method is empty, it will be inherited from the original method.
Each annotation belonging to the service config (http, visibility) which is not set in the redeclared method will be inherited.
If an http annotation is inherited, the path pattern will be modified as follows. Any version prefix will be replaced by the version of the including API plus the root
path if specified.
Example of a simple mixin:
package google.acl.v1;
service AccessControl {
// Get the underlying ACL object.
rpc GetAcl(GetAclRequest) returns (Acl) {
option (google.api.http).get = "/v1/{resource=**}:getAcl";
}
}
package google.storage.v2;
service Storage {
// rpc GetAcl(GetAclRequest) returns (Acl);
// Get a data record.
rpc GetData(GetDataRequest) returns (Data) {
option (google.api.http).get = "/v2/{resource=**}";
}
}
Example of a mixin configuration:
apis:
- name: google.storage.v2.Storage
mixins:
- name: google.acl.v1.AccessControl
The mixin construct implies that all methods in AccessControl
are also declared with same name and request/response types in Storage
. A documentation generator or annotation processor will see the effective Storage.GetAcl
method after inheriting documentation and annotations as follows:
service Storage {
// Get the underlying ACL object.
rpc GetAcl(GetAclRequest) returns (Acl) {
option (google.api.http).get = "/v2/{resource=**}:getAcl";
}
...
}
Note how the version in the path pattern changed from v1
to v2
.
If the root
field in the mixin is specified, it should be a relative path under which inherited HTTP paths are placed. Example:
apis:
- name: google.storage.v2.Storage
mixins:
- name: google.acl.v1.AccessControl
root: acls
This implies the following inherited HTTP annotation:
service Storage {
// Get the underlying ACL object.
rpc GetAcl(GetAclRequest) returns (Acl) {
option (google.api.http).get = "/v2/acls/{resource=**}:getAcl";
}
...
}
Field name Type Description name
string
The fully qualified name of the API which is included. root
string
If non-empty specifies a path under which inherited HTTP paths are rooted. NullValue
NullValue
is a singleton enumeration to represent the null value for the Value
type union.
The JSON representation for NullValue
is JSON null
.
NULL_VALUE
Null value. Option
A protocol buffer option, which can be attached to a message, field, enumeration, etc.
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
The option's name. For example, "java_package"
. value
Any
The option's value. For example, "com.google.protobuf"
. SourceContext
SourceContext
represents information about the source of a protobuf element, like the file in which it is defined.
file_name
string
The path-qualified name of the .proto file that contained the associated protobuf element. For example: "google/protobuf/source.proto"
. StringValue
Wrapper message for string
.
The JSON representation for StringValue
is JSON string.
value
string
The string value. Struct
Struct
represents a structured data value, consisting of fields which map to dynamically typed values. In some languages, Struct
might be supported by a native representation. For example, in scripting languages like JS a struct is represented as an object. The details of that representation are described together with the proto support for the language.
The JSON representation for Struct
is JSON object.
fields
map<string, Value>
Map of dynamically typed values. Syntax
The syntax in which a protocol buffer element is defined.
Enum value DescriptionSYNTAX_PROTO2
Syntax proto2
. SYNTAX_PROTO3
Syntax proto3
. Timestamp
A Timestamp represents a point in time independent of any time zone or calendar, represented as seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution in UTC Epoch time. It is encoded using the Proleptic Gregorian Calendar which extends the Gregorian calendar backwards to year one. It is encoded assuming all minutes are 60 seconds long, i.e. leap seconds are “smeared” so that no leap second table is needed for interpretation. Range is from 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59.999999999Z. By restricting to that range, we ensure that we can convert to and from RFC 3339 date strings. See https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3339.txt.
The Timestamp type is encoded as a string in the RFC 3339 format: “{year}-{month}-{day}T{hour}:{min}:{sec}[.{frac_sec}]Z
”, where {year}
is always expressed using four digits while {month}
, {day}
, {hour}
, {min}
, and {sec}
are zero-padded to two digits each. The fractional seconds, which can go up to 9 digits (that is, up to 1 nanosecond resolution), are optional. The “Z” suffix indicates the timezone (“UTC”); the timezone is required. A proto3 JSON serializer should always use UTC (as indicated by “Z”) when printing the Timestamp type and a proto3 JSON parser should be able to accept both UTC and other timezones (as indicated by an offset).
Example 1: Compute Timestamp from POSIX time()
.
Timestamp timestamp;
timestamp.set_seconds(time(NULL));
timestamp.set_nanos(0);
Example 2: Compute Timestamp from POSIX gettimeofday()
.
struct timeval tv;
gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
Timestamp timestamp;
timestamp.set_seconds(tv.tv_sec);
timestamp.set_nanos(tv.tv_usec * 1000);
Example 3: Compute Timestamp from Win32 GetSystemTimeAsFileTime()
.
FILETIME ft;
GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&ft);
UINT64 ticks = (((UINT64)ft.dwHighDateTime) << 32) | ft.dwLowDateTime;
// A Windows tick is 100 nanoseconds. Windows epoch 1601-01-01T00:00:00Z
// is 11644473600 seconds before Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.
Timestamp timestamp;
timestamp.set_seconds((INT64) ((ticks / 10000000) - 11644473600LL));
timestamp.set_nanos((INT32) ((ticks % 10000000) * 100));
Example 4: Compute Timestamp from Java System.currentTimeMillis()
.
long millis = System.currentTimeMillis();
Timestamp timestamp = Timestamp.newBuilder().setSeconds(millis / 1000)
.setNanos((int) ((millis % 1000) * 1000000)).build();
Example 5: Compute Timestamp from current time in Python.
now = time.time()
seconds = int(now)
nanos = int((now - seconds) * 10**9)
timestamp = Timestamp(seconds=seconds, nanos=nanos)
Field name Type Description seconds
int64
Represents seconds of UTC time since Unix epoch 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Must be from 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z to 9999-12-31T23:59:59Z inclusive. nanos
int32
Non-negative fractions of a second at nanosecond resolution. Negative second values with fractions must still have non-negative nanos values that count forward in time. Must be from 0 to 999,999,999 inclusive. Type
A protocol buffer message type.
Field name Type Descriptionname
string
The fully qualified message name. fields
Field
The list of fields. oneofs
string
The list of types appearing in oneof
definitions in this type. options
Option
The protocol buffer options. source_context
SourceContext
The source context. syntax
Syntax
The source syntax. UInt32Value
Wrapper message for uint32
.
The JSON representation for UInt32Value
is JSON number.
value
uint32
The uint32 value. UInt64Value
Wrapper message for uint64
.
The JSON representation for UInt64Value
is JSON string.
value
uint64
The uint64 value. Value
Value
represents a dynamically typed value which can be either null, a number, a string, a boolean, a recursive struct value, or a list of values. A producer of value is expected to set one of that variants, absence of any variant indicates an error.
The JSON representation for Value
is JSON value.
null_value
NullValue
Represents a null value. number_value
double
Represents a double value. Note that attempting to serialize NaN or Infinity results in error. (We can't serialize these as string "NaN" or "Infinity" values like we do for regular fields, because they would parse as string_value, not number_value). string_value
string
Represents a string value. bool_value
bool
Represents a boolean value. struct_value
Struct
Represents a structured value. list_value
ListValue
Represents a repeated Value
.
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