From Zero to Proto -- Design and Test a gRPC API

Ian and Joyce design and test a gRPC API in Postman. This type of API is being used in in microservices architecture and mobile development. Learn how to work with gRPC in Postman. Links shared during the stream: - Sign up for Postman v10 Early Access: https://www.postman.com/lp/postman-v10/ - Workspace where Joyce and Ian wrote the proto files and tests: https://www.postman.com/devrel/workspace/what-s-new-in-postman - Ian's blog post about RESTful vs gRPC APIs: https://blog.postman.com/how-to-choose-http-or-grpc-for-your-next-api/ - Ian will be live-streaming the building of the gRPC server on Twitch: https://twitch.tv/ian_the_postmanaut Community Shout-outs: - Follow Postman on YouTube (subscribe today!) and follow Postman on Twitter at https://twitter.com/postman and follow Ian at https://twitter.com/iandouglas736 to watch for an upcoming stream with a Postman partner about a public-facing gRPC API they're building! In case you missed it: - Introducing our newest API Gateway partnership with Microsoft Azure: https://blog.postman.com/announcing-postman-microsoft-azure-integration-partnership/ - Upcoming Postman Intergalactic webinars: https://www.postman.com/events/intergalactic/ Chapter notes: 00:00:00 Introductions 00:03:20 In case you missed it 00:06:30 What is gRPC 00:17:25 Building a proto3 API definition file, adding our first "unary" request type 00:32:00 Building a gRPC collection and request, and writing our first tests 00:59:15 Building a client-streaming request type 01:09:00 Building a server-streaming request type 01:14:45 Building a bi-directional streaming request type 01:21:45 Splitting our proto file into multiple files and doing imports 01:27:40 Wrap-up and Community Shout-outs #gRPC