Introduction

grpcmd is the grpc command: a simple, easy-to-use, and developer-friendly CLI tool for gRPC.

Feature Overview

• View Available Services and Methods (using Reflection)
  • grpc :50051
• Describe a gRPC Method
  • grpc :50051 UnaryMethod
    • Supports short method names with error on ambiguity.
    • Supports shell completion for the method argument.
    • Outputs a description of the method and its request/response messages.
• Call a gRPC Method
  • grpc :50051 UnaryMethod '{"name":"Bob"}'
    • Supports streaming both requests and responses.
    • Outputs headers, data, and trailers.
    • On gRPC error, the exit code = 64 + the gRPC status code.
• Start a gRPC Server (Implements grpcmd.GrpcmdService with Reflection)
  • grpc server :50051