gRPC C#A C# implementation of gRPC.
Beta
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Open Visual Studio / MonoDevelop / Xamarin Studio and start a new project/solution.
Add the Grpc NuGet package as a dependency (Project options -> Manage NuGet Packages).
To be able to generate code from Protocol Buffer (.proto) file definitions, add the Grpc.Tools NuGet package that contains Protocol Buffers compiler (protoc) and the gRPC protoc plugin.
You only need to go through these steps if you are planning to develop gRPC C#. If you are a user of gRPC C#, go to Usage section above.
Windows
The grpc_csharp_ext native library needs to be built so you can build the gRPC C# solution. Open the solution vsprojects/grpc_csharp_ext.sln in Visual Studio and build it.
Open src\csharp\Grpc.sln (path is relative to gRPC repository root) using Visual Studio
Linux and Mac OS X
The grpc_csharp_ext native library needs to be built so you can build the gRPC C# solution:
# from the gRPC repository root $ tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -c dbg -l csharp --build_only
Use MonoDevelop / Xamarin Studio to open the solution Grpc.sln
gRPC C# is using NUnit as the testing framework.
Under Visual Studio, make sure NUnit test adapter is installed (under “Extensions and Updates”). Then you should be able to run all the tests using Test Explorer.
Under Monodevelop or Xamarin Studio, make sure you installed “NUnit support” in Add-in manager. Then you should be able to run all the test from the Test View.
gRPC team uses a Python script to simplify facilitate running tests for different languages.
tools/run_tests/run_tests.py -l csharp
We are committed to providing full support for .NET Core in near future, but currently, the support is for .NET Core is experimental/work-in-progress.
Internally, gRPC C# uses a native library written in C (gRPC C core) and invokes its functionality via P/Invoke. grpc_csharp_ext library is a native extension library that facilitates this by wrapping some C core API into a form that's more digestible for P/Invoke.
Prior to version 0.13, installing grpc_csharp_ext was required to make gRPC work on Linux and MacOS. Starting with version 0.13, we have improved the packaging story significantly and precompiled versions of the native library for all supported platforms are now shipped with the NuGet package. Just installing the Grpc NuGet package should be the only step needed to use gRPC C#, regardless of your platform (Windows, Linux or Mac) and the bitness (32 or 64bit).