purerpc 0.7.0

Native, async Python gRPC client and server implementation supporting asyncio, uvloop, trio

purerpc

purerpc is a native, async Python gRPC client and server implementation supporting asyncio, uvloop, and trio (achieved with anyio compatibility layer).

This project is in maintenance mode. Updates will primarily be limited to fixing severe bugs, keeping the package usable for actively developed projects, and easing maintenance.

For use cases limited to asyncio, consider the Python package published by the main grpc project instead.

Requirements

• CPython >= 3.7
• PyPy >= 3.7

NOTE: PyPy support is tentative, as the grpcio dependency doesn't officially suport it. (The dependency should be removed, since it's only used by tests, examples, and offline tools.)

Installation

Latest PyPI version:

pip install purerpc

Latest development version:

pip install git+https://github.com/python-trio/purerpc.git

By default purerpc uses asyncio event loop, if you want to use uvloop or trio, please install them manually.

protoc plugin

purerpc adds protoc-gen-purerpc plugin for protoc to your PATH enviroment variable so you can use it to generate service definition and stubs:

protoc --purerpc_out=. --python_out=. -I. greeter.proto

or, if you installed grpcio_tools Python package:

python -m grpc_tools.protoc --purerpc_out=. --python_out=. -I. greeter.proto

Usage

NOTE: greeter_grpc module is generated by purerpc's protoc-gen-purerpc plugin.

Server

from purerpc import Server
from greeter_pb2 import HelloRequest, HelloReply
from greeter_grpc import GreeterServicer


class Greeter(GreeterServicer):
    async def SayHello(self, message):
        return HelloReply(message="Hello, " + message.name)

    async def SayHelloToMany(self, input_messages):
        async for message in input_messages:
            yield HelloReply(message=f"Hello, {message.name}")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    server = Server(50055)
    server.add_service(Greeter().service)
    # NOTE: if you already have an async loop running, use "await server.serve_async()"
    import anyio
    anyio.run(server.serve_async)  # or set explicit backend="asyncio" or "trio"

Client

import purerpc
from greeter_pb2 import HelloRequest, HelloReply
from greeter_grpc import GreeterStub


async def gen():
    for i in range(5):
        yield HelloRequest(name=str(i))


async def listen():
    async with purerpc.insecure_channel("localhost", 50055) as channel:
        stub = GreeterStub(channel)
        reply = await stub.SayHello(HelloRequest(name="World"))
        print(reply.message)

        async for reply in stub.SayHelloToMany(gen()):
            print(reply.message)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    # NOTE: if you already have an async loop running, use "await listen()"
    import anyio
    anyio.run(listen)  # or set explicit backend="asyncio" or "trio"

You can mix server and client code, for example make a server that requests something using purerpc from another gRPC server, etc.

More examples in misc/ folder

Project history

purerpc was originally written by Andrew Stepanov and used the curio async event loop. Later it was migrated to the anyio API, supporting asyncio, curio, uvloop, and trio (though curio support has since been dropped from the API).

After going a few years unmaintained, the project was adopted by the python-trio organization with the intent of ensuring a continued gRPC solution for Trio users.