documentation: on server, use FromIncomingContext for retrieving context and `SetHeader`, `SetTrailer` to send metadata to client (#7238)

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@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ Four kinds of service method:
- [Client streaming RPC](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/concepts.html#client-streaming-rpc)
- [Bidirectional streaming RPC](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/concepts.html#bidirectional-streaming-rpc)
And concept of [metadata](https://grpc.io/docs/guides/concepts.html#metadata).
And concept of [metadata].
## Constructing metadata
A metadata can be created using package [metadata](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata).
A metadata can be created using package [metadata].
The type MD is actually a map from string to a list of strings:
```go
@ -64,20 +64,10 @@ md := metadata.Pairs(
)
```
## Retrieving metadata from context
Metadata can be retrieved from context using `FromIncomingContext`:
```go
func (s *server) SomeRPC(ctx context.Context, in *pb.SomeRequest) (*pb.SomeResponse, err) {
md, ok := metadata.FromIncomingContext(ctx)
// do something with metadata
}
```
## Sending and receiving metadata - client side
Client side metadata sending and receiving examples are available [here](../examples/features/metadata/client/main.go).
Client side metadata sending and receiving examples are available
[here](../examples/features/metadata/client/main.go).
### Sending metadata
@ -127,7 +117,8 @@ Metadata that a client can receive includes header and trailer.
#### Unary call
Header and trailer sent along with a unary call can be retrieved using function [Header](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#Header) and [Trailer](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#Trailer) in [CallOption](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#CallOption):
Header and trailer sent along with a unary call can be retrieved using function
[Header] and [Trailer] in [CallOption]:
```go
var header, trailer metadata.MD // variable to store header and trailer
@ -149,7 +140,8 @@ For streaming calls including:
- Client streaming RPC
- Bidirectional streaming RPC
Header and trailer can be retrieved from the returned stream using function `Header` and `Trailer` in interface [ClientStream](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#ClientStream):
Header and trailer can be retrieved from the returned stream using function
`Header` and `Trailer` in interface [ClientStream]:
```go
stream, err := client.SomeStreamingRPC(ctx)
@ -164,11 +156,13 @@ trailer := stream.Trailer()
## Sending and receiving metadata - server side
Server side metadata sending and receiving examples are available [here](../examples/features/metadata/server/main.go).
Server side metadata sending and receiving examples are available
[here](../examples/features/metadata/server/main.go).
### Receiving metadata
To read metadata sent by the client, the server needs to retrieve it from RPC context.
To read metadata sent by the client, the server needs to retrieve it from RPC
context using [FromIncomingContext].
If it is a unary call, the RPC handler's context can be used.
For streaming calls, the server needs to get context from the stream.
@ -194,15 +188,16 @@ func (s *server) SomeStreamingRPC(stream pb.Service_SomeStreamingRPCServer) erro
#### Unary call
To send header and trailer to client in unary call, the server can call [SendHeader](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#SendHeader) and [SetTrailer](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#SetTrailer) functions in module [grpc](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc).
To send header and trailer to client in unary call, the server can call
[SetHeader] and [SetTrailer] functions in module [grpc].
These two functions take a context as the first parameter.
It should be the RPC handler's context or one derived from it:
```go
func (s *server) SomeRPC(ctx context.Context, in *pb.someRequest) (*pb.someResponse, error) {
// create and send header
// create and set header
header := metadata.Pairs("header-key", "val")
grpc.SendHeader(ctx, header)
grpc.SetHeader(ctx, header)
// create and set trailer
trailer := metadata.Pairs("trailer-key", "val")
grpc.SetTrailer(ctx, trailer)
@ -211,20 +206,39 @@ func (s *server) SomeRPC(ctx context.Context, in *pb.someRequest) (*pb.someRespo
#### Streaming call
For streaming calls, header and trailer can be sent using function `SendHeader` and `SetTrailer` in interface [ServerStream](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#ServerStream):
For streaming calls, header and trailer can be sent using function
[SetHeader] and [SetTrailer] in interface [ServerStream]:
```go
func (s *server) SomeStreamingRPC(stream pb.Service_SomeStreamingRPCServer) error {
// create and send header
// create and set header
header := metadata.Pairs("header-key", "val")
stream.SendHeader(header)
stream.SetHeader(header)
// create and set trailer
trailer := metadata.Pairs("trailer-key", "val")
stream.SetTrailer(trailer)
}
```
**Important**
Do not use
[FromOutgoingContext] on the server to write metadata to be sent to the client.
[FromOutgoingContext] is for client-side use only.
## Updating metadata from a server interceptor
An example for updating metadata from a server interceptor is
available [here](../examples/features/metadata_interceptor/server/main.go).
[FromIncomingContext]: <https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata#FromIncomingContext>
[SetHeader]: <https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#SetHeader>
[SetTrailer]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#SetTrailer
[FromOutgoingContext]: https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata#FromOutgoingContext
[ServerStream]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#ServerStream
[grpc]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc
[ClientStream]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#ClientStream
[Header]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#Header
[Trailer]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#Trailer
[CallOption]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc#CallOption
[metadata]: https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc/metadata

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@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
"google.golang.org/grpc"
"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
pb "google.golang.org/grpc/examples/features/proto/echo"
)
@ -36,11 +37,22 @@ import (
var addr = flag.String("addr", "localhost:50051", "the address to connect to")
func callUnaryEcho(ctx context.Context, client pb.EchoClient) {
resp, err := client.UnaryEcho(ctx, &pb.EchoRequest{Message: "hello world"})
var header, trailer metadata.MD
resp, err := client.UnaryEcho(ctx, &pb.EchoRequest{Message: "hello world"}, grpc.Header(&header), grpc.Trailer(&trailer))
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("UnaryEcho: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println("UnaryEcho: ", resp.Message)
fmt.Println("Received headers:")
for k, v := range header {
fmt.Printf("%s: %v\n", k, v)
}
fmt.Println("Received trailers:")
for k, v := range trailer {
fmt.Printf("%s: %v\n", k, v)
}
}
func callBidiStreamingEcho(ctx context.Context, client pb.EchoClient) {
@ -64,6 +76,21 @@ func callBidiStreamingEcho(ctx context.Context, client pb.EchoClient) {
}
fmt.Println("BidiStreaming Echo: ", resp.Message)
}
header, err := c.Header()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Receiving headers: %v", err)
}
fmt.Println("Received headers:")
for k, v := range header {
fmt.Printf("%s: %v\n", k, v)
}
trailer := c.Trailer()
fmt.Println("Received tailers:")
for k, v := range trailer {
fmt.Printf("%s: %v\n", k, v)
}
}
func main() {

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@ -49,10 +49,22 @@ func unaryInterceptor(ctx context.Context, req any, info *grpc.UnaryServerInfo,
return nil, errMissingMetadata
}
// Create and set metadata from interceptor to server.
md.Append("key1", "value1")
ctx = metadata.NewIncomingContext(ctx, md)
return handler(ctx, req)
// Call the handler to complete the normal execution of the RPC.
resp, err := handler(ctx, req)
// Create and set header metadata from interceptor to client.
header := metadata.Pairs("header-key", "val")
grpc.SetHeader(ctx, header)
// Create and set trailer metadata from interceptor to client.
trailer := metadata.Pairs("trailer-key", "val")
grpc.SetTrailer(ctx, trailer)
return resp, err
}
func (s *server) UnaryEcho(ctx context.Context, in *pb.EchoRequest) (*pb.EchoResponse, error) {
@ -89,10 +101,22 @@ func streamInterceptor(srv any, ss grpc.ServerStream, info *grpc.StreamServerInf
return errMissingMetadata
}
// Create and set metadata from interceptor to server.
md.Append("key1", "value1")
ctx := metadata.NewIncomingContext(ss.Context(), md)
return handler(srv, &wrappedStream{ss, ctx})
// Call the handler to complete the normal execution of the RPC.
err := handler(srv, &wrappedStream{ss, ctx})
// Create and set header metadata from interceptor to client.
header := metadata.Pairs("header-key", "val")
ss.SetHeader(header)
// Create and set trailer metadata from interceptor to client.
trailer := metadata.Pairs("trailer-key", "val")
ss.SetTrailer(trailer)
return err
}
func (s *server) BidirectionalStreamingEcho(stream pb.Echo_BidirectionalStreamingEchoServer) error {