gRPC in 3 minutes (Java)

PREREQUISITES

• Java 8

• Maven 3.2 or later.

  • this is needed to install Netty, a dependency of gRPC

INSTALL

1 Clone the gRPC Java git repo

$ cd <path/to/your/working_dir>
$ git clone https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java

2 Install gRPC Java, as described in How to Build

$ # from this dir
$ cd grpc-java
$ # follow the instructions in 'How to Build'

TRY IT!

Our Gradle build file simplifies building and running the examples.

You can build and run the Hello World server used in Getting started from the grpc-java root folder with:

$ ./gradlew :grpc-examples:helloWorldServer

and in another terminal window confirm that it receives a message.

$  ./gradlew :grpc-examples:helloWorldClient

TUTORIAL

You can find a more detailed tutorial in gRPC Basics: Java.