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protoc-gen-go-cli

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2021-09-08

What is it​

protoc-gen-go-cli is a protobuf code generator plugin that generates a command line tool for communicating with your gRPC service.

It has native support for AIP annotations and provides conveniences such as autocompletion of resource names.

When to use it​

Use it when developing a gRPC service to obtain a CLI that lets you interact with the gRPC service methods from the command line, for example for debugging or one-off queries.

How to learn it​