namely/grpc-cli repository overview

This image bundles the standard grpc_cli from https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/command_line_tool.md⁠

Mount pwd to /defs to allow it to read your protos, for example

docker run -v `pwd`:/defs --rm -it namely/grpc-cli call docker.for.mac.localhost:50051 \\
   LinkShortener.ResolveShortLink "short_link:'asdf'" --protofiles=link_shortener.proto

Use docker.for.mac.localhost or docker.for.win.localhost to access localhost, as the command is run on the container itself.

You may find it useful to define an alias for this command:

alias grpc_cli='docker run -v `pwd`:/defs --rm -it namely/grpc-cli'

(note use of single quotes to avoid expanding the pwd parameter)

and then call it with

grpc_cli call docker.for.mac.localhost:50051 LinkShortener.ResolveShortLink "short_link:'asdf'" --protofiles=link_shortener.proto