Compile with the gRPC Plugin

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👈 Define a gRPC Service | TOC | Implement a gRPC Server 👉

This task takes just a second. Install the gRPC package by running this command:

​ $ go get google.golang.org/grpc@v1.32.0
​ $ go get google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@v1.0.0

Then open up your Makefile and update your compile target to match the following to enable the gRPC plugin and compile our gRPC service:

ServeRequestsWithgRPC/Makefile

​ compile:
​         protoc api/v1/*.proto \
​                 --go_out=. \
​                 --go-grpc_out=. \
​                 --go_opt=paths=source_relative \
​                 --go-grpc_opt=paths=source_relative \
​                 --proto_path=.

Run $ make compile, and then open up the log_grpc.pb.go file in the api/v1 directory and check out the generated code. You’ll see a working gRPC log client, and the compiler left the log service API for us to implement.

👈 Define a gRPC Service | TOC | Implement a gRPC Server 👉

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