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+# gRPC Python Server Reflection
+
+This document shows how to use gRPC Server Reflection in gRPC Python.
+Please see [C++ Server Reflection Tutorial](../server_reflection_tutorial.md)
+for general information and more examples how to use server reflection.
+
+## Enable server reflection in Python servers
+
+gRPC Python Server Reflection is an add-on library.
+To use it, first install the [grpcio-reflection](https://pypi.org/project/grpcio-reflection/)
+PyPI package into your project.
+
+Note that with Python you need to manually register the service
+descriptors with the reflection service implementation when creating a server
+(this isn't necessary with e.g. C++ or Java)
+```python
+# add the following import statement to use server reflection
+from grpc_reflection.v1alpha import reflection
+# ...
+def serve():
+    server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10))
+    helloworld_pb2_grpc.add_GreeterServicer_to_server(Greeter(), server)
+    # the reflection service will be aware of "Greeter" and "ServerReflection" services.
+    SERVICE_NAMES = (
+        helloworld_pb2.DESCRIPTOR.services_by_name['Greeter'].full_name,
+        reflection.SERVICE_NAME,
+    )
+    reflection.enable_server_reflection(SERVICE_NAMES, server)
+    server.add_insecure_port('[::]:50051')
+    server.start()
+```
+
+Please see
+[greeter_server_with_reflection.py](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/examples/python/helloworld/greeter_server_with_reflection.py)
+in the examples directory for the full example, which extends the gRPC [Python
+`Greeter` example](https://github.com/grpc/tree/master/examples/python/helloworld) on a
+reflection-enabled server.
+
+After starting the server, you can verify that the server reflection
+is working properly by using the [`grpc_cli` command line
+tool](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/command_line_tool.md):
+
+ ```sh
+  $ grpc_cli ls localhost:50051
+  ```
+
+  output:
+  ```sh
+  grpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflection
+  helloworld.Greeter
+  ```
+
+  For more examples and instructions how to use the `grpc_cli` tool,
+  please refer to the [`grpc_cli` documentation](../command_line_tool.md)
+  and the [C++ Server Reflection Tutorial](../server_reflection_tutorial.md).
+
+## Additional Resources
+
+The [Server Reflection Protocol](../server-reflection.md) provides detailed
+information about how the server reflection works and describes the server reflection
+protocol in detail.