fullstorydev/grpcui
Grpcui
grpcui es una interfaz web interactiva basada en navegador y cliente de API para ejecutar llamadas a procedimientos remotos (RPC) a servidores gRPC. Funciona como un gateway de HTTP a gRPC que traduce payloads JSON en mensajes binarios protobuf, permitiendo a los usuarios activar solicitudes de red e inspeccionar respuestas a través de una interfaz web visual.
La herramienta proporciona capacidades de exploración y descubrimiento de esquemas consultando la reflexión del servidor o cargando archivos descriptores protobuf locales para identificar servicios disponibles y firmas de métodos. Utiliza estas definiciones para generar automáticamente formularios de entrada dinámicos para construir datos de solicitud, incluyendo soporte para estructuras anidadas complejas.
El proyecto cubre pruebas de API y depuración de clientes, permitiendo la revisión de cuerpos de respuesta, códigos de estado y encabezados de metadatos. También gestiona la conectividad segura a través de una capa de transporte que admite texto plano, TLS y autenticación mutua con certificados de cliente configurables.
Features
- HTTP-to-gRPC Transcoding - Acts as a gateway that translates standard HTTP web requests into gRPC service calls.
- gRPC API Testing - Provides a visual web interface for verifying gRPC server functionality by sending requests and inspecting responses.
- JSON-Protobuf Mapping - Converts structured JSON request bodies into the binary wire format required for remote procedure calls.
- Definition Loading - Resolves communication endpoints by loading service definitions from server reflection, source files, or binary descriptors.
- gRPC GUI Clients - Acts as a graphical user interface for interacting with and testing gRPC service endpoints.
- gRPC Request Debugging - Facilitates troubleshooting of gRPC communication by allowing manual editing of requests and review of metadata.
- gRPC Schema Browsers - Offers a visual tool for exploring available gRPC services and method signatures using server reflection or proto files.
- Interactive Execution Interfaces - Provides an interactive interface for selecting services and defining messages to trigger network calls.
- Descriptor-Based Resolution - Resolves available network endpoints by parsing compiled binary descriptors or local proto files.
- Interactive Web Interfaces - Provides a browser-based interface for interacting with gRPC services using dynamic forms and JSON editing.
- Method Invocation - Provides the ability to trigger gRPC methods by translating JSON payloads into remote procedure calls.
- gRPC Service Discovery - Discovers available gRPC services and methods using server reflection or local descriptors.
- Remote Procedure Calls - Executes remote procedure calls against a running server via a web-based interface.
- Remote Procedure Invocation Systems - Implements a system for executing remote procedures by converting browser-based JSON payloads into gRPC requests.
- Schema Descriptor Retrieval - Fetches binary file descriptors from remote servers to define service signatures and method structures.
- Dynamic Form Mapping - Automatically generates dynamic web input forms by parsing protobuf descriptors to match message structures.
- Server Reflection - Queries a remote server's reflection service to retrieve method signatures and message definitions dynamically.
- Dynamic Form Generation - Creates interactive input fields by mapping protobuf message definitions to a web-based user interface.
- gRPC - Enables discovery of available gRPC network endpoints using server reflection or local protobuf source files.
- RPC Request Forms - Provides web-based forms for constructing structured request messages including complex types and maps.
- Request Data Handling - Allows the definition of request messages, including nested structures, through a dynamic interface.
- Browser gRPC Clients - Provides a browser-based client that enables web browsers to call gRPC services via an HTTP proxy.
- UI Schema Mapping - Links protobuf type definitions to a browser UI to allow editing of complex nested data structures.
- Request Execution - Transmits requests to servers using standard, streaming, or bidirectional communication methods.
- Response Formatting - Translates binary gRPC responses into human-readable formats for inspection and debugging.
- gRPC and HTTP TLS Securings - Secures client-to-server communication using TLS with configurable certificates and mutual authentication.
- Mutual TLS Configurations - Supports mutual TLS configurations for client-side certificate authentication and secure handshakes.
- Mutual TLS Transports - Manages secure communication channels using mutual TLS authentication and custom certificates.
- Secure Connection Handlers - Manages secure connectivity using TLS encryption, certificate validation, and credential handling.
- Request Body Editors - Includes a text editor to manually modify JSON request bodies before transmission.
- Response Inspection Tools - Provides utilities for inspecting gRPC response bodies, status codes, and metadata headers.
- API Clients - Web-based interface for testing gRPC services.
- Graphical Interfaces - Interactive web UI for gRPC services.
- RPC Frameworks - Browser-based UI for interacting with gRPC services.
