gRPC Python Async Interceptor Example

This example demonstrate the usage of Async interceptors and context propagation using contextvars.

When to use contextvars

Contextvars can be used to propagate context in a same thread or coroutine, some example usage include:

1. Propagate from interceptor to another interceptor.
2. Propagate from interceptor to the server handler.
3. Propagate from client to server.

How does this example works

This example have the following steps:

1. Generate RPC ID on client side and propagate to server using metadata.
   • contextvars can be used here if client and server is running in a same coroutine (or same thead for Sync).
2. Server interceptor1 intercept the request, it checks rpc_id_var and decorate it with its tag Interceptor1.
3. Server interceptor2 intercept the request, it checks rpc_id_var and decorate it with its tag Interceptor2.
4. Server handler receives the request with rpc_id_var decorated by both interceptor1 and interceptor2.

How to run this example

1. Start server: python3 -m async_greeter_server_with_interceptor
2. Start client: python3 -m async_greeter_client

Expected outcome

• On client side, you should see logs similar to:

Sending request with rpc id: 59ac966558b3d7d11a06bd45f1a0f89d
Greeter client received: Hello, you!

• On server side, you should see logs similar to:

INFO:root:Starting server on [::]:50051
INFO:root:Interceptor1 called with rpc_id: default
INFO:root:Interceptor2 called with rpc_id: Interceptor1-59ac966558b3d7d11a06bd45f1a0f89d
INFO:root:Handle rpc with id Interceptor2-Interceptor1-59ac966558b3d7d11a06bd45f1a0f89d in server handler.