Nicolas, I knew that, but what I really am after is to be able to generate all my language targets from one binary. I have a project that includes both Python and Go code, and I want to generate all the GRPC stubs from one call to protoc. Is that possible without doing the process I suggested?
Sean On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 12:23 AM Nicolas Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > The grpcio package contains a binary that is both protoc and the plugin, > all in one. So while it technically doesn't contain a binary called > "grpc_python_plugin", you don't need it when using the tools packages we > are providing. The point is that you don't need to have any hassle with > fiddling with the protoc options. > > As an easier comparison point, the nodejs tools package does this for you > for instance: > > https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/src/node/tools/bin/protoc.js > > As you can see, calling protoc with the nodejs package automatically > injects the plugin for you into the command-line, removing the need to even > know about the compiler plugin. This is true for any of the tools packages, > including python, which does it in a slightly more complicated way than > nodejs. > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Sean Harger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Is the only suitable way to obtain the grpc_python_plugin (for protoc) to >> build the library from source? That's what I am currently doing in my >> project and it seems like a waste of build time. >> >> All the evidence out there seems to suggest that installing grpcio from >> pip does not include this binary, and I cannot find any official >> alternatives other than downloading all of GRPC (and its dependencies) and >> building the grpc_python_plugin directly. >> >> Am I missing something? >> > -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "grpc.io" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CAGDDvkwNzV8cq2-2eQBYt6miWF0biXO_0vY7ifmMpngyTBvwJw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CAGDDvkwNzV8cq2-2eQBYt6miWF0biXO_0vY7ifmMpngyTBvwJw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "grpc.io" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/grpc-io. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/grpc-io/CAGDDvkwGqk85q2b1wzBbDuuq278_-7SWoZrQmGEwTK4ExbUkqg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
