gRPC in Python

Learn how to use the remote procedure call framework gRPC in Python, the popular open-source programming language.

Introduction

• Why gRPC?
• What you should know
• Setting up

1. gRPC Overview

• RPC in general
• Protocol buffers
• HTTP/2
• gRPC ecosystem

2. Protocol Buffers

• Writing .proto files
• Compiling .proto to Python
• Using generated code
• Enumerations
• Nested types
• Working with time
• JSON encoding

3. gRPC Server

• Defining the service
• Generating Python code
• Running the server
• Adding reflection
• Using grpcurl to call your server
• Setting errors

4. gRPC Client

• Creating a client
• Generating a request
• Calling the server
• Timeouts

5. Streaming

• Streaming overview
• Defining a streaming end point
• Streaming server handler
• Streaming client

6. Advanced Topics

• Writing interceptors
• Using HTTPS
• Sharing .proto definitions
• Testing your code
• Using gRPC-Gateway

Conclusion

• Next steps