boilr-grpc

A boilr template for a gRPC Go project with REST Gateway.

Installation

Prerequisites

• boilr

Download the template

To download the template from GitHub and save it to the local registry, type the following command:

boilr template download loderunner/boilr-grpc grpc

Replace grpc at the end of the command line by any name you want to give the template in your local registry.

Usage

Prerequisites

• Protocol Buffers
• protoc plugin for Go
• gRPC for Go
• gRPC gateway

Generate a gRPC project from template

To use the template from your registry, type the following command:

boilr template use grpc project-name

Replace project-name by any name you want to give to your project. If you set the template name to something other than grpc when downloading, remember to change that also.

boilr will create a directory with the name you entered and generate a project using the template. You will be prompted to set some variables. You can set them yourself or use the default values.

• ImportPath: The full Go import path of your project. Default: "github.com/loderunner/echo"
• PackageName: The name of the package, usually the same as your project directory and the last component of the import path. Default: "echo"
• ServiceName : This will be the name of the template gRPC service. This name is only used in the Protobuf file and in the generated code. Default: "Echo"
• GrpcPort : The port on which the server expose a gRPC endpoint. Default: 8080
• RestPort : The port on which the server expose a REST endpoint. Default: 8081

Note: Because of Go's import system, the best practice would be to generate your project directly inside your Go path at the correct location, and give it corresponding directory name, import path and package name.

For example, assuming your project's import path is "github.com/yourname/echo", first cd to $GOPATH/src/github.com/yourname and generate the project from template: boilr template use grpc echo. Use the following variables:

• ImportPath: "github.com/yourname/echo"
• PackageName: "echo"

Build the project

To build the project, cd to the project directory and type:

make

Run

Run the server by typing:

./echo

This should expose a HTTP/2 gRPC endpoint on port 8080, and a HTTP/1.1 REST endpoint on port 8081. The template RPC echo should be available. Test it with:

curl -sv http://localhost:8081/echo -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"message": "Hello World"}'

HTTP Request

POST /echo HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8081
User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
Accept: */*
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 26

{"message":"Hello World"}

HTTP Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:31:24 GMT
Content-Length: 25

{"message":"Hello World"}

Template details

Files

This is the directory structure after generating a project named echo from the template.

├── Makefile        # The make build system (see below)
├── api
│   └── echo.proto  # The Protobuf definition of the service RPCs and messages
├── echo.go         # The main server executable code
└── server
    ├── handlers.go # The handlers for the gRPC calls
    └── server.go   # The code relating to starting the gRPC/REST server

Makefile targets

• build: build the main server executable
• api: generate all API sources from the protobuf definition
• dep: fetch Go dependencies
• test: run the package tests
• race: run the package tests with the race detector
• msan: run the package tests with the memory sanitizer. Supported only on linux/amd64, and only with Clang/LLVM as the host C compiler.

Generated files

Protobuf

The following files are generated from the protobuf definition (api/echo.proto) using make api.

• api/echo.pb.go: Go source file for gRPC
• api/echo.pb.gw.go: Go source file for the gRPC REST gateway
• api/echo.swagger.json: OpenAPI specification of the HTTP/1.1 REST API

Executables

• echo: The server's main executable file

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An example of the generated repository can be found at loderunner/echo. It should be up-to-date.

Contributing

Have an issue? Want to request a feature? Feel free to report any problems you encounter or features you think are missing.

Want to contribute some code? Just fork this repository and submit a pull request. Don't forget to add your name to the list of contributors below!

Contributors

• Charles Francoise

MIT License

Copyright © 2018 Charles Francoise

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