grpcurl

curl for gRPC.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Point it at your protobuf files and you can easily interact with gRPC endpoints. Can also detect the services based on reflection, if supported by the endpoint. Supports TLS and plaintext (useful for development), plus streaming methods. Can be pipelined with tools like jq because it works with JSON request bodies that it translates to gRPC. Single binary (Golang) and open source.

Tradeoffs

Only supports JSON inputs. No release for a year even though development has happened on main.

Is grpcurl a fit?

Based on Console’s review published on 2023-08-17. Summary updated .

Who it’s for

Developers working with gRPC endpoints should consider this tool for interaction

Why consider it

It allows easy interaction with gRPC endpoints using protobuf files

Keep in mind

It has limited input support, only accepting JSON inputs

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