gRPC

Installation

Install protoc for compiling proto files

brew install protobuf
protoc --version

Install protoc-gen-go and protoc-gen-go-grpc

go install google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go@v1.28
go install google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@v1.2

Install gRPC-related Go modules

go get google.golang.org/grpc
go get google.golang.org/protobuf

Write proto files

syntax = "proto3";

package example;

service Greeter {
  rpc SayHello (HelloRequest) returns (HelloReply) {}
}

message HelloRequest {
  string name = 1;
}

message HelloReply {
  string message = 1;
}

Generate Go code

protoc --go_out=. --go-grpc_out=. greeter.proto

Implement server

package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"
    "net"

    "google.golang.org/grpc"
    pb "path/to/your/protobuf/package"
)

type server struct {
    pb.UnimplementedGreeterServer
}

func (s *server) SayHello(ctx context.Context, in *pb.HelloRequest) (*pb.HelloReply, error) {
    return &pb.HelloReply{Message: "Hello " + in.Name}, nil
}

func main() {
    lis, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":50051")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to listen: %v", err)
    }
    s := grpc.NewServer()
    pb.RegisterGreeterServer(s, &server{})
    log.Printf("server listening at %v", lis.Addr())
    if err := s.Serve(lis); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to serve: %v", err)
    }
}

Implement client

package main

import (
    "context"
    "log"
    "os"
    "time"

    "google.golang.org/grpc"
    pb "path/to/your/protobuf/package"
)

func main() {
    conn, err := grpc.Dial("localhost:50051", grpc.WithInsecure(), grpc.WithBlock())
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("did not connect: %v", err)
    }
    defer conn.Close()
    c := pb.NewGreeterClient(conn)

    name := "world"
    if len(os.Args) > 1 {
        name = os.Args[1]
    }
    ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
    defer cancel()
    r, err := c.SayHello(ctx, &pb.HelloRequest{Name: name})
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("could not greet: %v", err)
    }
    log.Printf("Greeting: %s", r.GetMessage())
}