gRPC Web with .NET

gRPC-Web allows browser based applications to call into gRPC services via a special proxy. .NET developers are now able to build and consume services that use gRPC-Web using the Grpc.AspNetCore.Web NuGet package.

In this episode, James Newton-King joins Cecil to explain how gRPC-Web works and show us what the code looks like to support this feature.

• [01:40] - What is gRPC about?
• [03:44] - How does gRPC use HTTP/2?
• [07:14] - Recognizing errors with gRPC streams?
• [09:12] - How does gRPC-Web work?
• [11:14] - gRPC-Web in .NET
• [12:51] - Understanding proxies
• [14:10] - ASP.NET gRPC streaming (Demo)
• [16:21] - gRPC-Web alongside other gRPC services
• [18:04] - Performance benefits with gRPC-web

Useful Links

• gRPC-Web for .NET now available
• Use gRPC in browser apps
• Introduction to gRPC