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Client Streaming RPC in FTP Service

Client Streaming RPC in FTP Service

Discuss what a client-streaming RPC in gRPC is and how to implement it.

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Client streaming RPC is one of the four types of RPC (Remote Procedure Call) in gRPC, where the client sends a stream of messages to the server and then receives a single response from the server. This type of RPC is useful when the client needs to send a large amount of data to the server without waiting for a response after each message. The client opens a channel to the server and then sends messages continuously. The server handles the stream of messages and then returns a response.

Overview

In the ftp_service.proto file, we define the addFile RPC which contains the business logic to add a file. The client opens a channel and sends a request to add a file to the server. The client first sends the metadata about the file and then splits the file into chunks and sends it ...