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It's basically a tui on top of [`grpcurl`](https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl).\n\n![Demo](demo.svg)\n\n## Installation\n\n### Linux or MacOS\n\nYou can install the latest version of `grpcexp` by running the following command in your terminal.\n\n```bash\nbash -c \"$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prnvbn/grpcexp/main/installer.sh)\"\n```\n\nMove the binary to a directory in your PATH. For e.g. `/usr/local/bin` on linux.\n\n### via `homebrew`\n\nYou can install `grpcexp` using the [prnvbn/homebrew-tap](https://github.com/prnvbn/homebrew-tap).\n\n```bash\nbrew install prnvbn/tap/grpcexp\n```\n\n### via `go install`\n\n```bash\ngo install github.com/prnvbn/grpcexp/cmd/grpcexp@latest\n```\n\n### Windows\n\nWindows installation instructions are a WIP. In the meantime, you can download the latest release from the [releases page](https://github.com/prnvbn/grpcexp/releases)\n\n\u003e [!NOTE]\n\u003e  \n\u003e To update `grpcexp` to the latest version, simply re-run any of the installation methods above.\n\u003e They always install the most recent release.\n\n#### Enabling Command Autocompletion\n\nTo enable autocomplete, add the following to your `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile` file:\n\n```bash\n# you can also generate completions for zsh and fish shells by replacing bash with zsh or fish\nsource \u003c(grpcexp completion bash)\n```\n\n## Why\n\nLet me preface this by saying, I really like grpcurl but have a few nits:\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\n\u003csummary\u003eI have to run ~5 commands to make one grpc call\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n```shell\n$ grpcurl -plaintext :50051 list\ngrpc.reflection.v1.ServerReflection\ngrpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflection\nhelloworld.Greeter\n```\n\n```shell\n$ grpcurl -plaintext :50051 list helloworld.Greeter\nhelloworld.Greeter.SayHello\n```\n\n```shell\n$ grpcurl -plaintext :50051 describe helloworld.Greeter.SayHello\nhelloworld.Greeter.SayHello is a method:\nrpc SayHello ( .helloworld.HelloRequest ) returns ( .helloworld.HelloReply );\n```\n\n```shell\n$ grpcurl -plaintext :50051 describe helloworld.HelloRequest\nhelloworld.HelloRequest is a message:\nmessage HelloRequest {\nstring name = 1;\n}\n```\n\n```shell\n$ grpcurl -plaintext -d '{\"name\": \"joe\"}' :50051 helloworld.Greeter.SayHello\n{\n\"message\": \"Hello joe\"\n}\n```\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\n\u003csummary\u003ethe lack of POSIX/GNU-style --flags\u003c/summary\u003e\n\npersonal taste.\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\n\u003csummary\u003emanual JSON construction for complex types\u003c/summary\u003e\n\nWith `grpcurl`, you have to manually construct JSON for nested messages, maps, lists, and oneofs which is very tedious.\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## Contributing\n\nFeel free to open an issue or submit a pull request. 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