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Grafana k6

JavaScript API

k6/net/grpc

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k6/net/grpc

The k6/net/grpc module provides a gRPC client for Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) over HTTP/2.

Class/Method	Description
Client	gRPC client used for making RPC calls to a gRPC Server.
Client.load(importPaths, …protoFiles)	Loads and parses the given protocol buffer definitions to be made available for RPC requests.
Client.connect(address [,params])	Connects to a given gRPC service.
Client.invoke(url, request [,params])	Makes an unary RPC for the given service/method and returns a Response.
Client.asyncInvoke(url, request [,params])	Asynchronously makes an unary RPC for the given service/method and returns a Promise with Response.
Client.close()	Close the connection to the gRPC service.
Params	RPC Request specific options.
Response	Returned by RPC requests.
Constants	Define constants to distinguish between gRPC Response statuses.
Stream(client, url, [,params])	Creates a new gRPC stream.
Stream.on(event, handler)	Adds a new listener to one of the possible stream events.
Stream.write(message)	Writes a message to the stream.
Stream.end()	Signals to the server that the client has finished sending.

gRPC metrics

k6 takes specific measurements for gRPC requests. For the complete list, refer to the Metrics reference.

Example

JavaScript
import grpc from 'k6/net/grpc';
import { check, sleep } from 'k6';

const client = new grpc.Client();
client.load(['definitions'], 'hello.proto');

export default () => {
  client.connect('grpcbin.test.k6.io:9001', {
    // plaintext: false
  });

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

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

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

  client.close();
  sleep(1);
};