grpc-create-metadata

Simple Node.js helper utility for creating gRPC metadata

Example (Installation)

npm install grpc-create-metadata

Example (Usage)

const grpc = require('grpc')
const create = require('grpc-create-metadata')
const meta = create({
  name: 'Bob',
  age: 20,
  active: true
});
console.log(meta instanceof grpc.Metadata) // true
console.dir(meta.getMap()) // { foo: 'bar', age: '12', prop: 'true' }

module.exports(metadata, options) ⇒ `Metadata` ⏏

Utility helper function to create Metadata object from plain Javascript object This strictly just calls Metadata.add with the key / value map of objects. If the value is a Buffer it's passed as is. If the value is a Sting it's passed as is. Else if the value defined and not a string we simply call toString(). Note that Metadata only accept string or buffer values.

Kind: Exported function
Returns: Metadata - An instance of Metadata, or undefined if input is not an object

Param	Type	Description
metadata	`Object`	Plain javascript object to tranform into `Metadata` If an instance of `Metadata` is passed in it is simply returned
options	`Object`	options
options.addEmpty	`Boolean`	whether to add empty strings. Default: `false`

grpc-create-metadata