gRPC in 3 minutes (Node.js) =========================== PREREQUISITES ------------- - `node`: This requires Node 0.12.x or greater. INSTALL ------- ```sh $ # Get the gRPC repository $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO root can be any directory of your choice $ git clone -b $(curl -L http://grpc.io/release) https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT $ cd $REPO_ROOT $ cd examples/node $ npm install ``` TRY IT! ------- There are two ways to generate the code needed to work with protocol buffers in Node.js - one approach uses [Protobuf.js](https://github.com/dcodeIO/ProtoBuf.js/) to dynamically generate the code at runtime, the other uses code statically generated using the protocol buffer compiler `protoc`. The examples behave identically, and either server can be used with either client. - Run the server ```sh $ # from this directory $ node ./dynamic_codegen/greeter_server.js & $ # OR $ node ./static_codegen/greeter_server.js & ``` - Run the client ```sh $ # from this directory $ node ./dynamic_codegen/greeter_client.js $ # OR $ node ./dynamic_codegen/greeter_client.js ``` TUTORIAL -------- You can find a more detailed tutorial in [gRPC Basics: Node.js][] [Install gRPC Node]:../../src/node [gRPC Basics: Node.js]:http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/node.html