gRPC in 3 minutes (Node.js)

PREREQUISITES

• node: This requires Node 10.x or greater.
• homebrew on Mac OS X, linuxbrew on Linux. These simplify the installation of the gRPC C core.

INSTALL

• On Mac OS X, install homebrew. On Linux, install linuxbrew. Run the following command to install gRPC Node.js.

$ curl -fsSL https://goo.gl/getgrpc | bash -s nodejs

This will download and run the gRPC install script, then install the latest version of gRPC Nodejs npm package.

• Clone this repository

  $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
  

• Install this package's dependencies

  $ cd examples/node
  $ npm install
  

TRY IT!

• Run the server

  $ # from this directory (grpc_common/node).
  $ node ./greeter_server.js &
  

• Run the client

  $ # from this directory
  $ node ./greeter_client.js
  

NOTE

This directory has a copy of helloworld.proto because it currently depends on some Protocol Buffer 2.0 syntax that is deprecated in Protocol Buffer 3.0.

TUTORIAL

You can find a more detailed tutorial in gRPC Basics: Node.js