Client.connect(address [,params])

Opens a connection to a gRPC server; will block until a connection is made or a connection error is thrown. Cannot be called during the init phase.

See Client.close() to close the connection.

Parameter	Type	Description
address	string	The address of the gRPC server. Should be in the form: `host:port` with no protocol prefix e.g. `grpc.k6.io:443`. The host must be a literal IP address, or a host name that can be resolved to IP addresses. The port must be a literal port number or a service name e.g. `:443` or `:https`. If the host is a literal IPv6 address it must be enclosed in square brackets, as in `[2001:db8::1]:80` or `[fe80::1%zone]:80`.
params (optional)	object	ConnectParams object containing additional connect parameters.

ConnectParams

Name	Type	Description
`ConnectParams.plaintext`	bool	If `true` will connect to the gRPC server using plaintext i.e. insecure. Defaults to `false` i.e. secure via TLS.
`ConnectParams.reflect`	boolean	Whether to use the gRPC server reflection protocol when connecting.
`ConnectParams.reflectMetadata`	object	Object with key-value pairs representing custom metadata the user would like to add to the reflection request.
`ConnectParams.timeout`	string / number	Connection timeout to use. Default timeout is `"60s"`. The type can also be a number, in which case k6 interprets it as milliseconds, e.g., `60000` is equivalent to `"60s"`.
`ConnectParams.maxReceiveSize`	number	Sets the maximum message size in bytes the client can receive. Defaults to `grpc-go` default, which is 4MB.
`ConnectParams.maxSendSize`	number	Sets the maximum message size in bytes the client can send. Defaults to `grpc-go` default, which is approximately 2GB.
`ConnectParams.tls` (optional)	object	TLS settings of the connection. Defaults to `null`.

TLS

TLS settings of the connection. If not defined, the main TLS config from options will be used.

Name	Type	Description
`tls.cert`	string	PEM formatted client certificate.
`tls.key`	string	PEM formatted client private key.
`tls.password`	string	Password for decrypting the client’s private key.
`tls.cacerts`	string / array	PEM formatted strings of the certificate authorities.

Examples

import grpc from 'k6/net/grpc';

const client = new grpc.Client();

export default () => {
  client.connect('localhost:8080');
};

import grpc from 'k6/net/grpc';

const client = new grpc.Client();

export default () => {
  client.connect('localhost:8080', { plaintext: true });
};

import grpc from 'k6/net/grpc';
import { check } from 'k6';
import { SharedArray } from 'k6/data';
import exec from 'k6/execution';

// note: the services in this example don't exist. If you would like
// to run this example, make sure to replace the URLs, and
// the cacerts, cert, key, and password variables.
const grpcArgs = new SharedArray('grpc', () => {
  // Using SharedArray here so that not every VU gets a copy of every certificate a key
  return [
    {
      host: 'foo1.grpcbin.test.k6.io:9001',
      plaintext: false,
      params: {
        tls: {
          cacerts: [open('cacerts0.pem')],
          cert: open('cert0.pem'),
          key: open('key0.pem'),
        },
      },
    },
    {
      host: 'foo2.grpcbin.test.k6.io:9002',
      params: {
        plaintext: false,
        tls: {
          cacerts: open('cacerts1.pem'),
          cert: open('cert1.pem'),
          key: open('key1.pem'),
          password: 'cert1-passphrase',
        },
      },
    },
  ];
});

const client = new grpc.Client();

export default () => {
  if (__ITER === 0) {
    // Take one config and use it for this one VU
    const grpcArg = grpcArgs[exec.vu.idInTest % grpcArgs.length];
    client.connect(grpcArg.host, grpcArg.params);
  }

  const response = client.invoke('hello.HelloService/SayHello', {
    greeting: 'Bert',
  });

  check(response, {
    'status is OK': (r) => r && r.status === grpc.StatusOK,
  });

  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.message));
};