Grpc-web: How to use protoc-gen-grpc-web tool on Windows

[barrymichaeldoyle]

I'm having issues setting up the protoc gen tool on a new Windows device (worked on the previous one).

Previously, the setup (over a year ago) was such a mission to accomplish, I couldn't find documentation anywhere for it.

Whenever I run my bash file (which works fine on the setup device) on my new device I get a protoc: command not found error. There's all this talk about adding it to the path (not very detailed), but I've tried a bunch of stuff and I'm getting nowhere.

Could someone please just post some simple friendly way to get the protoc gen tool working with ease on Windows.

Thanks.

[barrymichaeldoyle]

Still struggling with this, any pointers?

[newusersss]

@barrymichaeldoyle

gRPC => gRPC-Web:

Install x64 *.exe \go\bin:
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/latest

Cmd goland or atom:
go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go

Install x64 *.exe and rename file -> protoc-gen-grpc-web \go\bin:
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web/releases

[stanley-cheung]

For Windows, you need to download a protoc.exe from the protobuf release page (it's usually in the form of protoc-x.y.z-win64.zip), and the protoc-gen-grpc-web.exe plugin from our grpc-web release page. Unfortunately we don't have a lot of resources dedicated to support the Windows platform.

[FakeCode]

I used below npm package to generate js grpc and pb
https://www.npmjs.com/package/protoc-gen-grpc?activeTab=readme