grpc/node/README.md

gRPC in 3 minutes (Node.js)

PREREQUISITES

This requires Node 10.x or greater.

INSTALL

• Clone this repository

  $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc-common.git
  

• Follow the instructions in INSTALL to install the gRPC C core.

• Install

  $ cd grpc-common/node
  $ npm install 
  # If node is not found, you'll need to clone the grpc repository (if you haven't already)
  $ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc.git
  $ npm install ~/grpc/src/node
  

Try it!

• Run the server

  $ # from this directory
  $ nodejs ./greeter_server.js &
  

• Run the client

  $ # from this directory
  $ nodejs ./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.