grpc-cli

GRPC-Client

With grpc-cli you can do the following:

• execute grpc commands
• explore namespaces and grpc services
• use an interactive prompt (Javascript REPL) for advanced usage

Quick Example

>grpc-cli helloworld.proto localhost:50051 helloworld.Greeter.SayHello "{\"name\":\"World\"}"
{message: "Hello World"}

Installation

1. install nodejs: nodejs.org

2. install the grpc-client module:

   npm install -g grpc-cli
   

Usage

> grpc-cli [options] <protoFile> [hostPort] [rpcCommand] [rpcParam]

Arguments

• protoFile - required - filepath to the .proto file that will be used
• hostPort - optional - the host and port for the GRPC server
• rpcCommand - optional - the RPC command that will be executed, given the full namespace, use the -x option to see all available rpcCommand's
• rpcParam - optional - the serialized json representation of the rpcCommand's parameter

Options

-h, --help                                    give help information
-V, --version                                 output the version number
-i, --interactive                             Open an interactive prompt - Javascript REPL
-x, --explore                                 Displays available full RPC command paths for the given proto file
-u, --call-credentials <username> [password]  Username for call credentials
-c, --channel-credentials <pemFile>           Key file (.pem) OpenSSL file for secure channel credentials

Not Implemented (yet)

• Channel Credentials
• Call Credintials
• Streaming Inputs and/or outputs

Contact

Daniel Myers [e-mail]