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| author |  Alistair Veitch <aveitch@google.com> | 2015-08-28 11:00:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Alistair Veitch <aveitch@google.com> | 2015-08-28 11:00:02 -0700 |
| commit | ae7bbfcb92a519c5a97aae51b2e668cb2d75fe67 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/examples/node/README.md b/examples/node/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..045fe51ede --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/node/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +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.git + ``` + + - Install this package's dependencies + + ```sh + $ cd examples/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/blob/master/examples/node/route_guide/README.md |