Guides

Short, task-first answers for calling gRPC services from istek.

• Call a gRPC server using server reflection

  How to connect istek to a gRPC server with reflection enabled, list its services and send a first request without any .proto files.

• Use .proto files without installing protoc

  istek parses .proto files itself: drag them onto the window and call the server, with imports and the well-known types resolved, and no protoc or Homebrew.

• Call a gRPC server over TLS or mutual TLS

  How to set up TLS, a private CA and client certificates (mTLS) for gRPC in istek, and what the insecure option really does.

• Test server, client and bidirectional streams

  How to run server-streaming, client-streaming and bidirectional gRPC calls in istek, read the timed transcript, half-close a stream and cancel a call.

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