Automate gRPC testing with Karate.

Test automation of HTTP based web-services is easy, but async protocols such as gRPC are harder because of binary protocols and bi-directional message flows.

Functional end-to-end testing of async and messaging systems is currently an unsolved problem. There is a lack of good solutions for testing Kafka, gRPC, websocket and webhook based systems.

Karate Labs adds first-class support for testing gRPC. The challenge of sending and consuming messages in async fashion is solved via an elegant API.
gRPC


Highlights

  • Unified syntax similar to HTTP but focused on gRPC
  • Mix HTTP and gRPC calls within the same test flow
  • Support for all gRPC modes: Unary, Server Streaming, Client Streaming and Bidirectional
  • Set up multiple async connections if needed
  • Support for parallel execution
  • Support for performance testing
  • Express data as JSON and leverage Karate's powerful assertions
  • Use your *.proto files directly, no code-generation required
  •  Automatic Protobuf to JSON conversion
  •  Support for SSL/TLS and using certificates for secure auth

Enterprise

Async API testing for Kafka, gRPC and Websocket requires a runtime license - designed to run tests easily and securely in CI/CD without the need for online license validation, and a PRO version of the official Karate Labs IDE plugins (IntelliJ and VS Code) for Development.

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For more details and getting started, refer Karate gRPC documentation. https://github.com/karatelabs/karate-addons/blob/main/karate-grpc/README.md