grpc-rust

Rust implementation of gRPC protocol, under development.

Some development questions in FAQ.

Current status

Client and server without streaming can be done with rust-grpc, see grpc-examples/src/bin/greeter_{client,server}{,_async}.rs. It can be tested for example with go client:

# start greeter server implemented in rust
$ cargo run --bin greeter_server

# .. or start async server
$ cargo run --bin greeter_server_async

# ... or start greeter server implemented in go
$ go get -u google.golang.org/grpc/examples/helloworld/greeter_client
$ greeter_server

# start greeter client implemented in rust
$ cargo run --bin greeter_client rust
> message: "Hello rust"

# ... or start async client
$ cargo run --bin greeter_client_async rust
> message: "Hello rust"

# ... or start greeter client implemented in go
$ go get -u google.golang.org/grpc/examples/helloworld/greeter_client
$ greeter_client rust
> 2016/08/19 05:44:45 Greeting: Hello rust

Client and server are implemented asynchronously, and sync versions are thin wrappers around async counterparts.

How to use gRPC compiler

Build & install Rust protobuf compiler:

cargo install protobuf

This command installs protoc-gen-rust to ~/.cargo/bin, which should be added to $PATH.

Build & install gRPC compiler:

git clone https://github.com/stepancheg/grpc-rust.git
cd grpc-rust
cd grpc-compiler
cargo install

Installs protoc-gen-rust-grpc to ~/.cargo/bin.

Compile your proto & gRPC to Rust:

cd $YOURPROJECT
mkdir -p src
protoc --rust_out=src *.proto
protoc --rust-grpc_out=src *.proto

Use compiled protos in your project:

In Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
grpc = { git = "https://github.com/stepancheg/grpc-rust" }
protobuf = { git = "http://github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf" }
futures         = "0.1"
futures-cpupool = "0.1"

In lib.rs or main.rs (or any other submodule):

extern crate protobuf;
extern crate grpc;
extern crate futures;
extern crate futures_cpupool;

pub mod myproto;
pub mod myproto_grpc;

Compiling protos manually is silly. Can Cargo do all of above for me?

It seems possible, but looks like it requires some more work.

See https://github.com/stepancheg/rust-protobuf/issues/57 and https://github.com/dwrensha/capnpc-rust for more details.

TODO

• Tests
• Proper error handling
• Upload to crates
• Performance