grpc/src/python

gRPC Python

The Python facility of gRPC.

Status

Usable with limitations, Pre-Alpha

Prerequisites

Python 2.7, virtualenv, pip, libprotobuf-dev, and libprotoc-dev.

Building from source

• Build the gRPC core from the root of the gRPC git repo

$ make shared_c static_c

• Use build_python.sh to build the Python code and install it into a virtual environment

$ tools/run_tests/build_python.sh

Testing

• Use run_python.sh to run gRPC as it was installed into the virtual environment

$ tools/run_tests/run_python.sh

Installing

• Install the gRPC core

• Install gRPC Python's dependencies

$ pip install enum34==1.0.4 futures==2.2.0 protobuf==3.0.0-alpha-1

• Install gRPC Python

$ pip install src/python/src