document how to pass payload from file, fixes #279 #281
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jhump
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Feb 27, 2022
| Sometimes it might be necessary to read the payload from a file. This worked for some users: | ||
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| ```shell | ||
| grpcurl -d "$(cat my.json)" grpc.server.com:443 my.custom.server.Service/Method |
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I think the more straight-forward way, that doesn't require this particular feature in your shell, is to use the @ value as the input, very much like the example above.
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| grpcurl -d "$(cat my.json)" grpc.server.com:443 my.custom.server.Service/Method | |
| grpcurl -d @ grpc.server.com:443 my.custom.server.Service/Method < my.json |
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| Sometimes it might be necessary to read the payload from a file. This worked for some users: |
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"This worked for some users" -- this wording feels really non-committal. We can make it authoritative.
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| Sometimes it might be necessary to read the payload from a file. This worked for some users: | |
| To use a file as the request payload, redirect the file to `grpcurl`'s stdin: |
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