ramananbalakrishnan/basic-grpc-python

A minimal example for demonstrating gRPC in Python

Basic gRPC in Python

Contains a minimal working example for rolling gRPC in Python.

For more details, read the accompanying blog post.

Quickstart

git clone https://github.com/ramananbalakrishnan/basic-grpc-python
cd basic-grpc-python
pip install -r requirements.txt
python -m grpc_tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. calculator.proto
python server.py
python client.py

File reference

basic-grpc-python/
├── calculator.py          # module containing a function
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├── calculator.proto       # protobuf definition file
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├── calculator_pb2_grpc.py # generated class for server/client
├── calculator_pb2.py      # generated class for message
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├── server.py              # a server to expose the function
└── client.py              # a sample client