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. ```sh $ 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 ```sh $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common.git ``` - Install this package's dependencies ```sh $ cd grpc-common/node $ npm install ``` TRY IT! ------- - Run the server ```sh $ # from this directory (grpc_common/node). $ node ./greeter_server.js & ``` - Run the client ```sh $ # 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][] [homebrew]:http://brew.sh [linuxbrew]:https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew#installation [gRPC install script]:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grpc/homebrew-grpc/master/scripts/install [gRPC Basics: Node.js]:https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common/blob/master/node/route_guide/README.md