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<h1 class="logo"><a href="index.html">gRPC Python</a></h1>
<p class="blurb">1.76.0</p>
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<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Contents:</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">gRPC</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#module-contents">Module Contents</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#version">Version</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#create-client">Create Client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.insecure_channel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">insecure_channel()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.secure_channel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">secure_channel()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.intercept_channel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">intercept_channel()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#create-client-credentials">Create Client Credentials</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ssl_channel_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl_channel_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.metadata_call_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">metadata_call_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.access_token_call_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">access_token_call_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.composite_call_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">composite_call_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.composite_channel_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">composite_channel_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.local_channel_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">local_channel_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.compute_engine_channel_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">compute_engine_channel_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#create-server">Create Server</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.server"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">server()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#create-server-credentials">Create Server Credentials</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ssl_server_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl_server_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ssl_server_certificate_configuration"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ssl_server_certificate_configuration()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.dynamic_ssl_server_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dynamic_ssl_server_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.local_server_credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">local_server_credentials()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#local-connection-type">Local Connection Type</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LocalConnectionType</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType.UDS"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LocalConnectionType.UDS</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#rpc-method-handlers">RPC Method Handlers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unary_unary_rpc_method_handler()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.unary_stream_rpc_method_handler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unary_stream_rpc_method_handler()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.stream_unary_rpc_method_handler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stream_unary_rpc_method_handler()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.stream_stream_rpc_method_handler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stream_stream_rpc_method_handler()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.method_handlers_generic_handler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">method_handlers_generic_handler()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#channel-ready-future">Channel Ready Future</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.channel_ready_future"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">channel_ready_future()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#channel-connectivity">Channel Connectivity</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.IDLE"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity.IDLE</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.CONNECTING"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity.CONNECTING</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.READY"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity.READY</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.TRANSIENT_FAILURE"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity.TRANSIENT_FAILURE</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.SHUTDOWN"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity.SHUTDOWN</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc-status-code">gRPC Status Code</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.OK"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.OK</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.CANCELLED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.CANCELLED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNKNOWN"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.UNKNOWN</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.NOT_FOUND"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.NOT_FOUND</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.PERMISSION_DENIED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.PERMISSION_DENIED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNAUTHENTICATED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.UNAUTHENTICATED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.ABORTED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.ABORTED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.INTERNAL</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StatusCode.DATA_LOSS"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StatusCode.DATA_LOSS</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#channel-object">Channel Object</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.__enter__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.__enter__()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.__exit__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.__exit__()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.close"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.close()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.stream_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.stream_stream()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.stream_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.stream_unary()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.subscribe"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.subscribe()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.unary_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.unary_stream()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.unary_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.unary_unary()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Channel.unsubscribe"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Channel.unsubscribe()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#server-object">Server Object</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.add_generic_rpc_handlers"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.add_generic_rpc_handlers()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.add_insecure_port"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.add_insecure_port()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.add_registered_method_handlers"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.add_registered_method_handlers()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.add_secure_port"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.add_secure_port()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.start"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.start()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.stop"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.stop()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Server.wait_for_termination"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Server.wait_for_termination()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#authentication-authorization-objects">Authentication &amp; Authorization Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ChannelCredentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ChannelCredentials</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.CallCredentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CallCredentials</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataContext</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext.service_url"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataContext.service_url</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext.method_name"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataContext.method_name</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPluginCallback</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPluginCallback.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPlugin</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPlugin.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServerCredentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServerCredentials</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServerCertificateConfiguration"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServerCertificateConfiguration</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc-exceptions">gRPC Exceptions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcError"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcError</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#rpc-context">RPC Context</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcContext"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcContext</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcContext.add_callback"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcContext.add_callback()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcContext.cancel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcContext.cancel()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcContext.is_active"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcContext.is_active()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcContext.time_remaining"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcContext.time_remaining()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#client-side-context">Client-Side Context</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Call"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Call</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Call.code"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Call.code()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Call.details"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Call.details()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Call.initial_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Call.initial_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Call.trailing_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Call.trailing_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#client-side-interceptor">Client-Side Interceptor</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.method"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.method</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.timeout"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.timeout</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.metadata</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.credentials"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.credentials</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.wait_for_ready"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.wait_for_ready</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.compression"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails.compression</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_unary()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamClientInterceptor</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_stream()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryClientInterceptor</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_unary()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamStreamClientInterceptor</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_stream()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#service-side-context">Service-Side Context</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.abort"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.abort()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.abort_with_status"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.abort_with_status()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.auth_context"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.auth_context()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.code"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.code()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.details"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.details()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.disable_next_message_compression"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.disable_next_message_compression()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.invocation_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.invocation_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.peer()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identities"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.peer_identities()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identity_key"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.peer_identity_key()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.send_initial_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.send_initial_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_code"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.set_code()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_compression"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.set_compression()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_details"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.set_details()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_trailing_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.set_trailing_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.trailing_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServicerContext.trailing_metadata()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#service-side-handler">Service-Side Handler</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_streaming"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.request_streaming</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_streaming"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.response_streaming</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_deserializer"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.request_deserializer</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_serializer"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.response_serializer</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.unary_unary</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.unary_stream</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_unary"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.stream_unary</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_stream"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler.stream_stream</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HandlerCallDetails</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails.method"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HandlerCallDetails.method</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails.invocation_metadata"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HandlerCallDetails.invocation_metadata</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.GenericRpcHandler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GenericRpcHandler</span></code></a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServiceRpcHandler"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServiceRpcHandler</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServiceRpcHandler.service_name"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServiceRpcHandler.service_name()</span></code></a></li>
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</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#service-side-interceptor">Service-Side Interceptor</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServerInterceptor"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServerInterceptor</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServerInterceptor.intercept_service"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ServerInterceptor.intercept_service()</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#multi-callable-interfaces">Multi-Callable Interfaces</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryMultiCallable</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.future"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.future()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.with_call"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.with_call()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamMultiCallable</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamMultiCallable.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryMultiCallable</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryMultiCallable.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.future"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryMultiCallable.future()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.with_call"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryMultiCallable.with_call()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamStreamMultiCallable</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable.__call__"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">StreamStreamMultiCallable.__call__()</span></code></a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#future-interfaces">Future Interfaces</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureTimeoutError"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FutureTimeoutError</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureCancelledError"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FutureCancelledError</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future</span></code></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.add_done_callback"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.add_done_callback()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.cancel"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.cancel()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.cancelled"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.cancelled()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.done"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.done()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.exception"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.exception()</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.running"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.running()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.Future.traceback"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Future.traceback()</span></code></a></li>
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<section id="module-grpc">
<span id="grpc"></span><h1>gRPC<a class="headerlink" href="#module-grpc" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>For documentation, examples, and more, see the <a class="reference external" href="https://grpc.io/docs/languages/python/">Python gRPC</a> page on <a class="reference external" href="https://grpc.io/">grpc.io</a>.</p>
<section id="module-contents">
<h2>Module Contents<a class="headerlink" href="#module-contents" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<section id="version">
<h3>Version<a class="headerlink" href="#version" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<p>The version string is available as <code class="code docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">grpc.__version__</span></code>.</p>
</section>
<section id="create-client">
<h3>Create Client<a class="headerlink" href="#create-client" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.insecure_channel">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">insecure_channel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">target</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">options</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#insecure_channel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.insecure_channel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates an insecure Channel to a server.</p>
<p>The returned Channel is thread-safe.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>target</strong> – The server address</p></li>
<li><p><strong>options</strong> – An optional list of key-value pairs (<a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-channel_arguments"><span class="xref std std-term">channel_arguments</span></a>
in gRPC Core runtime) to configure the channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An optional value indicating the compression method to be
used over the lifetime of the channel.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A Channel.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.secure_channel">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">secure_channel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">target</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">options</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#secure_channel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.secure_channel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a secure Channel to a server.</p>
<p>The returned Channel is thread-safe.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>target</strong> – The server address.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – A ChannelCredentials instance.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>options</strong> – An optional list of key-value pairs (<a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-channel_arguments"><span class="xref std std-term">channel_arguments</span></a>
in gRPC Core runtime) to configure the channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An optional value indicating the compression method to be
used over the lifetime of the channel.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A Channel.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.intercept_channel">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_channel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">channel</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">interceptors</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#intercept_channel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.intercept_channel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts a channel through a set of interceptors.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>channel</strong> – A Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>interceptors</strong> – Zero or more objects of type
UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
UnaryStreamClientInterceptor,
StreamUnaryClientInterceptor, or
StreamStreamClientInterceptor.
Interceptors are given control in the order they are listed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A Channel that intercepts each invocation via the provided interceptors.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>TypeError</strong> – If interceptor does not derive from any of
UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
UnaryStreamClientInterceptor,
StreamUnaryClientInterceptor, or
StreamStreamClientInterceptor.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="create-client-credentials">
<h3>Create Client Credentials<a class="headerlink" href="#create-client-credentials" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ssl_channel_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ssl_channel_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">root_certificates</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">private_key</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">certificate_chain</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ssl_channel_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ssl_channel_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a ChannelCredentials for use with an SSL-enabled Channel.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>root_certificates</strong> – The PEM-encoded root certificates as a byte string,
or None to retrieve them from a default location chosen by gRPC
runtime.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>private_key</strong> – The PEM-encoded private key as a byte string, or None if no
private key should be used.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>certificate_chain</strong> – The PEM-encoded certificate chain as a byte string
to use or None if no certificate chain should be used.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A ChannelCredentials for use with an SSL-enabled Channel.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.metadata_call_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">metadata_call_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata_plugin</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#metadata_call_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.metadata_call_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Construct CallCredentials from an AuthMetadataPlugin.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>metadata_plugin</strong> – An AuthMetadataPlugin to use for authentication.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>name</strong> – An optional name for the plugin.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A CallCredentials.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.access_token_call_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">access_token_call_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">access_token</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#access_token_call_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.access_token_call_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Construct CallCredentials from an access token.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>access_token</strong> – A string to place directly in the http request
authorization header, for example
“authorization: Bearer &lt;access_token&gt;”.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A CallCredentials.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.composite_call_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">composite_call_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">call_credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#composite_call_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.composite_call_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Compose multiple CallCredentials to make a new CallCredentials.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>*call_credentials</strong> – At least two CallCredentials objects.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A CallCredentials object composed of the given CallCredentials objects.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.composite_channel_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">composite_channel_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">channel_credentials</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">call_credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#composite_channel_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.composite_channel_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Compose a ChannelCredentials and one or more CallCredentials objects.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>channel_credentials</strong> – A ChannelCredentials object.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>*call_credentials</strong> – One or more CallCredentials objects.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><dl class="simple">
<dt>A ChannelCredentials composed of the given ChannelCredentials and</dt><dd><p>CallCredentials objects.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.local_channel_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">local_channel_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">local_connect_type</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#local_channel_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.local_channel_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a local ChannelCredentials used for local connections.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>Local credentials are used by local TCP endpoints (e.g. localhost:10000)
also UDS connections.</p>
<p>The connections created by local channel credentials are not
encrypted, but will be checked if they are local or not.
The UDS connections are considered secure by providing peer authentication
and data confidentiality while TCP connections are considered insecure.</p>
<p>It is allowed to transmit call credentials over connections created by
local channel credentials.</p>
<p>Local channel credentials are useful for 1) eliminating insecure_channel usage;
2) enable unit testing for call credentials without setting up secrets.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>local_connect_type</strong> – Local connection type (either
grpc.LocalConnectionType.UDS or grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP)</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A ChannelCredentials for use with a local Channel</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.compute_engine_channel_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">compute_engine_channel_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">call_credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#compute_engine_channel_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.compute_engine_channel_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a compute engine channel credential.</p>
<p>This credential can only be used in a GCP environment as it relies on
a handshaker service. For more info about ALTS, see
<a class="reference external" href="https://cloud.google.com/security/encryption-in-transit/application-layer-transport-security">https://cloud.google.com/security/encryption-in-transit/application-layer-transport-security</a></p>
<p>This channel credential is expected to be used as part of a composite
credential in conjunction with a call credentials that authenticates the
VM’s default service account. If used with any other sort of call
credential, the connection may suddenly and unexpectedly begin failing RPCs.</p>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="create-server">
<h3>Create Server<a class="headerlink" href="#create-server" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.server">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">server</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">thread_pool</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">handlers</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">interceptors</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">options</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">maximum_concurrent_rpcs</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">xds</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#server"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.server" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a Server with which RPCs can be serviced.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>thread_pool</strong> – A futures.ThreadPoolExecutor to be used by the Server
to execute RPC handlers.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>handlers</strong> – An optional list of GenericRpcHandlers used for executing RPCs.
More handlers may be added by calling add_generic_rpc_handlers any time
before the server is started.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>interceptors</strong> – An optional list of ServerInterceptor objects that observe
and optionally manipulate the incoming RPCs before handing them over to
handlers. The interceptors are given control in the order they are
specified. This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>options</strong> – An optional list of key-value pairs (<a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-channel_arguments"><span class="xref std std-term">channel_arguments</span></a> in gRPC runtime)
to configure the channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>maximum_concurrent_rpcs</strong> – The maximum number of concurrent RPCs this server
will service before returning RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED status, or None to
indicate no limit.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip. This compression algorithm will be used for the
lifetime of the server unless overridden.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>xds</strong> – If set to true, retrieves server configuration via xDS. This is an
EXPERIMENTAL option.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A Server object.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="create-server-credentials">
<h3>Create Server Credentials<a class="headerlink" href="#create-server-credentials" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ssl_server_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ssl_server_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">private_key_certificate_chain_pairs</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">root_certificates</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">require_client_auth</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ssl_server_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ssl_server_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a ServerCredentials for use with an SSL-enabled Server.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>private_key_certificate_chain_pairs</strong> – A list of pairs of the form
[PEM-encoded private key, PEM-encoded certificate chain].</p></li>
<li><p><strong>root_certificates</strong> – An optional byte string of PEM-encoded client root
certificates that the server will use to verify client authentication.
If omitted, require_client_auth must also be False.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>require_client_auth</strong> – A boolean indicating whether or not to require
clients to be authenticated. May only be True if root_certificates
is not None.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A ServerCredentials for use with an SSL-enabled Server. Typically, this
object is an argument to add_secure_port() method during server setup.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ssl_server_certificate_configuration">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ssl_server_certificate_configuration</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">private_key_certificate_chain_pairs</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">root_certificates</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ssl_server_certificate_configuration"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ssl_server_certificate_configuration" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a ServerCertificateConfiguration for use with a Server.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>private_key_certificate_chain_pairs</strong> – A collection of pairs of
the form [PEM-encoded private key, PEM-encoded certificate
chain].</p></li>
<li><p><strong>root_certificates</strong> – An optional byte string of PEM-encoded client root
certificates that the server will use to verify client authentication.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><dl class="simple">
<dt>A ServerCertificateConfiguration that can be returned in the certificate</dt><dd><p>configuration fetching callback.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.dynamic_ssl_server_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">dynamic_ssl_server_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">initial_certificate_configuration</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">certificate_configuration_fetcher</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">require_client_authentication</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#dynamic_ssl_server_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.dynamic_ssl_server_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a ServerCredentials for use with an SSL-enabled Server.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>initial_certificate_configuration</strong> (<a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.ServerCertificateConfiguration" title="grpc.ServerCertificateConfiguration"><em>ServerCertificateConfiguration</em></a>) – The
certificate configuration with which the server will be initialized.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>certificate_configuration_fetcher</strong> (<em>callable</em>) – A callable that takes no
arguments and should return a ServerCertificateConfiguration to
replace the server’s current certificate, or None for no change
(i.e., the server will continue its current certificate
config). The library will call this callback on <em>every</em> new
client connection before starting the TLS handshake with the
client, thus allowing the user application to optionally
return a new ServerCertificateConfiguration that the server will then
use for the handshake.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>require_client_authentication</strong> – A boolean indicating whether or not to
require clients to be authenticated.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A ServerCredentials.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.local_server_credentials">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">local_server_credentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">local_connect_type</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#local_server_credentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.local_server_credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a local ServerCredentials used for local connections.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>Local credentials are used by local TCP endpoints (e.g. localhost:10000)
also UDS connections.</p>
<p>The connections created by local server credentials are not
encrypted, but will be checked if they are local or not.
The UDS connections are considered secure by providing peer authentication
and data confidentiality while TCP connections are considered insecure.</p>
<p>It is allowed to transmit call credentials over connections created by local
server credentials.</p>
<p>Local server credentials are useful for 1) eliminating insecure_channel usage;
2) enable unit testing for call credentials without setting up secrets.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>local_connect_type</strong> – Local connection type (either
grpc.LocalConnectionType.UDS or grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP)</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A ServerCredentials for use with a local Server</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="local-connection-type">
<h3>Local Connection Type<a class="headerlink" href="#local-connection-type" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.LocalConnectionType">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LocalConnectionType</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#LocalConnectionType"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Types of local connection for local credential creation.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.LocalConnectionType.UDS">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UDS</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType.UDS" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Unix domain socket connections</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LOCAL_TCP</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.LocalConnectionType.LOCAL_TCP" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Local TCP connections.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="rpc-method-handlers">
<h3>RPC Method Handlers<a class="headerlink" href="#rpc-method-handlers" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_unary_rpc_method_handler</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">behavior</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#unary_unary_rpc_method_handler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.unary_unary_rpc_method_handler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates an RpcMethodHandler for a unary-unary RPC method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>behavior</strong> – The implementation of an RPC that accepts one request
and returns one response.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_deserializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for request deserialization.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_serializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for response serialization.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler object that is typically used by grpc.Server.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.unary_stream_rpc_method_handler">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_stream_rpc_method_handler</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">behavior</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#unary_stream_rpc_method_handler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.unary_stream_rpc_method_handler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates an RpcMethodHandler for a unary-stream RPC method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>behavior</strong> – The implementation of an RPC that accepts one request
and returns an iterator of response values.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_deserializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for request deserialization.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_serializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for response serialization.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler object that is typically used by grpc.Server.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.stream_unary_rpc_method_handler">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_unary_rpc_method_handler</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">behavior</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#stream_unary_rpc_method_handler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.stream_unary_rpc_method_handler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates an RpcMethodHandler for a stream-unary RPC method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>behavior</strong> – The implementation of an RPC that accepts an iterator of
request values and returns a single response value.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_deserializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for request deserialization.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_serializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for response serialization.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler object that is typically used by grpc.Server.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.stream_stream_rpc_method_handler">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_stream_rpc_method_handler</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">behavior</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#stream_stream_rpc_method_handler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.stream_stream_rpc_method_handler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates an RpcMethodHandler for a stream-stream RPC method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>behavior</strong> – The implementation of an RPC that accepts an iterator of
request values and returns an iterator of response values.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_deserializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for request deserialization.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_serializer</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for response serialization.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler object that is typically used by grpc.Server.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.method_handlers_generic_handler">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">method_handlers_generic_handler</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">service</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method_handlers</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#method_handlers_generic_handler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.method_handlers_generic_handler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a GenericRpcHandler from RpcMethodHandlers.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>service</strong> – The name of the service that is implemented by the
method_handlers.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>method_handlers</strong> – A dictionary that maps method names to corresponding
RpcMethodHandler.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A GenericRpcHandler. This is typically added to the grpc.Server object
with add_generic_rpc_handlers() before starting the server.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="channel-ready-future">
<h3>Channel Ready Future<a class="headerlink" href="#channel-ready-future" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.channel_ready_future">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">channel_ready_future</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">channel</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#channel_ready_future"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.channel_ready_future" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a Future that tracks when a Channel is ready.</p>
<p>Cancelling the Future does not affect the channel’s state machine.
It merely decouples the Future from channel state machine.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>channel</strong> – A Channel object.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A Future object that matures when the channel connectivity is
ChannelConnectivity.READY.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="channel-connectivity">
<h3>Channel Connectivity<a class="headerlink" href="#channel-connectivity" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ChannelConnectivity</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ChannelConnectivity"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Mirrors grpc_connectivity_state in the gRPC Core.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity.IDLE">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">IDLE</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.IDLE" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The channel is idle.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity.CONNECTING">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CONNECTING</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.CONNECTING" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The channel is connecting.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity.READY">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">READY</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.READY" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The channel is ready to conduct RPCs.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity.TRANSIENT_FAILURE">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">TRANSIENT_FAILURE</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.TRANSIENT_FAILURE" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The channel has seen a failure from which it expects
to recover.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelConnectivity.SHUTDOWN">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">SHUTDOWN</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelConnectivity.SHUTDOWN" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The channel has seen a failure from which it cannot recover.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="grpc-status-code">
<h3>gRPC Status Code<a class="headerlink" href="#grpc-status-code" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StatusCode</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StatusCode"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Mirrors grpc_status_code in the gRPC Core.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.OK">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">OK</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.OK" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Not an error; returned on success</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.CANCELLED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CANCELLED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.CANCELLED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The operation was cancelled (typically by the caller).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.UNKNOWN">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UNKNOWN</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNKNOWN" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Unknown error.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">INVALID_ARGUMENT</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Client specified an invalid argument.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DEADLINE_EXCEEDED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.DEADLINE_EXCEEDED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Deadline expired before operation could complete.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.NOT_FOUND">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">NOT_FOUND</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.NOT_FOUND" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Some requested entity (e.g., file or directory) was not found.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ALREADY_EXISTS</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.ALREADY_EXISTS" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Some entity that we attempted to create (e.g., file or directory)
already exists.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.PERMISSION_DENIED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">PERMISSION_DENIED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.PERMISSION_DENIED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The caller does not have permission to execute the specified
operation.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.UNAUTHENTICATED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UNAUTHENTICATED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNAUTHENTICATED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The request does not have valid authentication credentials for the
operation.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Some resource has been exhausted, perhaps a per-user quota, or
perhaps the entire file system is out of space.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FAILED_PRECONDITION</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.FAILED_PRECONDITION" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Operation was rejected because the system is not in a state
required for the operation’s execution.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.ABORTED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ABORTED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.ABORTED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The operation was aborted, typically due to a concurrency issue
like sequencer check failures, transaction aborts, etc.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UNIMPLEMENTED</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNIMPLEMENTED" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Operation is not implemented or not supported/enabled in this service.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">INTERNAL</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.INTERNAL" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Internal errors. Means some invariants expected by underlying
system has been broken.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UNAVAILABLE</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The service is currently unavailable.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StatusCode.DATA_LOSS">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DATA_LOSS</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StatusCode.DATA_LOSS" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Unrecoverable data loss or corruption.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="channel-object">
<h3>Channel Object<a class="headerlink" href="#channel-object" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Channel</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords RPC invocation via generic methods on client-side.</p>
<p>Channel objects implement the Context Manager type, although they need not
support being entered and exited multiple times.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.__enter__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__enter__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.__enter__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.__enter__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Enters the runtime context related to the channel object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.__exit__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__exit__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_type</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_val</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">exc_tb</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.__exit__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.__exit__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Exits the runtime context related to the channel object.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.close">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">close</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.close"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.close" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Closes this Channel and releases all resources held by it.</p>
<p>Closing the Channel will immediately terminate all RPCs active with the
Channel and it is not valid to invoke new RPCs with the Channel.</p>
<p>This method is idempotent.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.stream_stream">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_stream</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_registered_method</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.stream_stream"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.stream_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a StreamStreamMultiCallable for a stream-stream method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>method</strong> – The name of the RPC method.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_serializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for serializing the request
message. Request goes unserialized in case None is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_deserializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for deserializing the
response message. Response goes undeserialized in case None
is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>_registered_method</strong> – Implementation Private. A bool representing whether the method
is registered.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A StreamStreamMultiCallable value for the named stream-stream method.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.stream_unary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_unary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_registered_method</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.stream_unary"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.stream_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a StreamUnaryMultiCallable for a stream-unary method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>method</strong> – The name of the RPC method.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_serializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for serializing the request
message. Request goes unserialized in case None is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_deserializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for deserializing the
response message. Response goes undeserialized in case None is
passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>_registered_method</strong> – Implementation Private. A bool representing whether the method
is registered.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A StreamUnaryMultiCallable value for the named stream-unary method.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.subscribe">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">subscribe</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">try_to_connect</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.subscribe"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.subscribe" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Subscribe to this Channel’s connectivity state machine.</p>
<p>A Channel may be in any of the states described by ChannelConnectivity.
This method allows application to monitor the state transitions.
The typical use case is to debug or gain better visibility into gRPC
runtime’s state.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>callback</strong> – A callable to be invoked with ChannelConnectivity argument.
ChannelConnectivity describes current state of the channel.
The callable will be invoked immediately upon subscription
and again for every change to ChannelConnectivity until it
is unsubscribed or this Channel object goes out of scope.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>try_to_connect</strong> – A boolean indicating whether or not this Channel
should attempt to connect immediately. If set to False, gRPC
runtime decides when to connect.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.unary_stream">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_stream</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_registered_method</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.unary_stream"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.unary_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a UnaryStreamMultiCallable for a unary-stream method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>method</strong> – The name of the RPC method.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_serializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for serializing the request
message. Request goes unserialized in case None is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_deserializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for deserializing the
response message. Response goes undeserialized in case None is
passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>_registered_method</strong> – Implementation Private. A bool representing whether the method
is registered.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A UnaryStreamMultiCallable value for the name unary-stream method.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.unary_unary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_unary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_serializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">response_deserializer</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">_registered_method</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.unary_unary"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.unary_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a UnaryUnaryMultiCallable for a unary-unary method.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>method</strong> – The name of the RPC method.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_serializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> for serializing the request
message. Request goes unserialized in case None is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>response_deserializer</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> for deserializing the
response message. Response goes undeserialized in case None
is passed.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>_registered_method</strong> – Implementation Private. A bool representing whether the method
is registered.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A UnaryUnaryMultiCallable value for the named unary-unary method.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Channel.unsubscribe">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unsubscribe</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Channel.unsubscribe"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Channel.unsubscribe" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Unsubscribes a subscribed callback from this Channel’s connectivity.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>callback</strong> – A callable previously registered with this Channel from</p></li>
<li><p><strong>method.</strong> (<em>having been passed to its &quot;subscribe&quot;</em>)</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="server-object">
<h3>Server Object<a class="headerlink" href="#server-object" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Server</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Services RPCs.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.add_generic_rpc_handlers">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_generic_rpc_handlers</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">generic_rpc_handlers</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.add_generic_rpc_handlers"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.add_generic_rpc_handlers" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Registers GenericRpcHandlers with this Server.</p>
<p>This method is only safe to call before the server is started.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>generic_rpc_handlers</strong> – An iterable of GenericRpcHandlers that will be</p></li>
<li><p><strong>RPCs.</strong> (<em>used to service</em>)</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.add_insecure_port">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_insecure_port</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">address</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.add_insecure_port"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.add_insecure_port" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Opens an insecure port for accepting RPCs.</p>
<p>This method may only be called before starting the server.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>address</strong> – The address for which to open a port. If the port is 0,
or not specified in the address, then gRPC runtime will choose a port.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An integer port on which server will accept RPC requests.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.add_registered_method_handlers">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_registered_method_handlers</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">service_name</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method_handlers</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.add_registered_method_handlers"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.add_registered_method_handlers" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Registers GenericRpcHandlers with this Server.</p>
<p>This method is only safe to call before the server is started.</p>
<p>If the same method have both generic and registered handler,
registered handler will take precedence.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>service_name</strong> – The service name.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>method_handlers</strong> – A dictionary that maps method names to corresponding
RpcMethodHandler.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.add_secure_port">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_secure_port</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">address</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">server_credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.add_secure_port"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.add_secure_port" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Opens a secure port for accepting RPCs.</p>
<p>This method may only be called before starting the server.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>address</strong> – The address for which to open a port.
if the port is 0, or not specified in the address, then gRPC
runtime will choose a port.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>server_credentials</strong> – A ServerCredentials object.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An integer port on which server will accept RPC requests.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.start">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">start</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.start"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.start" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Starts this Server.</p>
<p>This method may only be called once. (i.e. it is not idempotent).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.stop">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">grace</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.stop"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.stop" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Stops this Server.</p>
<p>This method immediately stop service of new RPCs in all cases.</p>
<p>If a grace period is specified, this method waits until all active
RPCs are finished or until the grace period is reached. RPCs that haven’t
been terminated within the grace period are aborted.
If a grace period is not specified (by passing None for <cite>grace</cite>),
all existing RPCs are aborted immediately and this method
blocks until the last RPC handler terminates.</p>
<p>This method is idempotent and may be called at any time.
Passing a smaller grace value in a subsequent call will have
the effect of stopping the Server sooner (passing None will
have the effect of stopping the server immediately). Passing
a larger grace value in a subsequent call <em>will not</em> have the
effect of stopping the server later (i.e. the most restrictive
grace value is used).</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>grace</strong> – A duration of time in seconds or None.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A threading.Event that will be set when this Server has completely
stopped, i.e. when running RPCs either complete or are aborted and
all handlers have terminated.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Server.wait_for_termination">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">wait_for_termination</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Server.wait_for_termination"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Server.wait_for_termination" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Block current thread until the server stops.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>The wait will not consume computational resources during blocking, and
it will block until one of the two following conditions are met:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>The server is stopped or terminated;</p></li>
<li><p>A timeout occurs if timeout is not <cite>None</cite>.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The timeout argument works in the same way as <cite>threading.Event.wait()</cite>.
<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#threading.Event.wait">https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#threading.Event.wait</a></p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>timeout</strong> – A floating point number specifying a timeout for the
operation in seconds.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A bool indicates if the operation times out.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="authentication-authorization-objects">
<h3>Authentication &amp; Authorization Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#authentication-authorization-objects" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ChannelCredentials">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ChannelCredentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ChannelCredentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ChannelCredentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An encapsulation of the data required to create a secure Channel.</p>
<p>This class has no supported interface - it exists to define the type of its
instances and its instances exist to be passed to other functions. For
example, ssl_channel_credentials returns an instance of this class and
secure_channel requires an instance of this class.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.CallCredentials">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CallCredentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#CallCredentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.CallCredentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An encapsulation of the data required to assert an identity over a call.</p>
<p>A CallCredentials has to be used with secure Channel, otherwise the
metadata will not be transmitted to the server.</p>
<p>A CallCredentials may be composed with ChannelCredentials to always assert
identity for every call over that Channel.</p>
<p>This class has no supported interface - it exists to define the type of its
instances and its instances exist to be passed to other functions.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataContext">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataContext</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#AuthMetadataContext"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Provides information to call credentials metadata plugins.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataContext.service_url">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">service_url</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext.service_url" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A string URL of the service being called into.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataContext.method_name">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">method_name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataContext.method_name" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A string of the fully qualified method name being called.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPluginCallback</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#AuthMetadataPluginCallback"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Callback object received by a metadata plugin.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback.__call__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">error</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#AuthMetadataPluginCallback.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPluginCallback.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Passes to the gRPC runtime authentication metadata for an RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – The <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> used to construct the CallCredentials.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>error</strong> – An Exception to indicate error or None to indicate success.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">AuthMetadataPlugin</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#AuthMetadataPlugin"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A specification for custom authentication.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin.__call__">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">context</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#AuthMetadataPlugin.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.AuthMetadataPlugin.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Implements authentication by passing metadata to a callback.</p>
<p>This method will be invoked asynchronously in a separate thread.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>context</strong> – An AuthMetadataContext providing information on the RPC that
the plugin is being called to authenticate.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>callback</strong> – An AuthMetadataPluginCallback to be invoked either
synchronously or asynchronously.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServerCredentials">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ServerCredentials</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServerCredentials"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServerCredentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An encapsulation of the data required to open a secure port on a Server.</p>
<p>This class has no supported interface - it exists to define the type of its
instances and its instances exist to be passed to other functions.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServerCertificateConfiguration">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ServerCertificateConfiguration</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">certificate_configuration</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServerCertificateConfiguration"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServerCertificateConfiguration" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A certificate configuration for use with an SSL-enabled Server.</p>
<p>Instances of this class can be returned in the certificate configuration
fetching callback.</p>
<p>This class has no supported interface – it exists to define the
type of its instances and its instances exist to be passed to
other functions.</p>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="grpc-exceptions">
<h3>gRPC Exceptions<a class="headerlink" href="#grpc-exceptions" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcError">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">RpcError</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcError"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcError" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Raised by the gRPC library to indicate non-OK-status RPC termination.</p>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="rpc-context">
<h3>RPC Context<a class="headerlink" href="#rpc-context" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcContext">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">RpcContext</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcContext"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcContext" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Provides RPC-related information and action.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcContext.add_callback">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_callback</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcContext.add_callback"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcContext.add_callback" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Registers a callback to be called on RPC termination.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>callback</strong> – A no-parameter callable to be called on RPC termination.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><dl class="simple">
<dt>True if the callback was added and will be called later; False if</dt><dd><p>the callback was not added and will not be called (because the RPC
already terminated or some other reason).</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcContext.cancel">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cancel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcContext.cancel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcContext.cancel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Cancels the RPC.</p>
<p>Idempotent and has no effect if the RPC has already terminated.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcContext.is_active">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">is_active</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcContext.is_active"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcContext.is_active" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes whether the RPC is active or has terminated.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>True if RPC is active, False otherwise.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>bool</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcContext.time_remaining">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">time_remaining</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcContext.time_remaining"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcContext.time_remaining" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes the length of allowed time remaining for the RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>A nonnegative float indicating the length of allowed time in seconds
remaining for the RPC to complete before it is considered to have
timed out, or None if no deadline was specified for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="client-side-context">
<h3>Client-Side Context<a class="headerlink" href="#client-side-context" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Call">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Call</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Call"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Call" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Invocation-side utility object for an RPC.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Call.code">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">code</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Call.code"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Call.code" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the status code sent by the server.</p>
<p>This method blocks until the value is available.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The StatusCode value for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Call.details">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">details</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Call.details"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Call.details" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the details sent by the server.</p>
<p>This method blocks until the value is available.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The details string of the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Call.initial_metadata">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">initial_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Call.initial_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Call.initial_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the initial metadata sent by the server.</p>
<p>This method blocks until the value is available.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The initial <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Call.trailing_metadata">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">trailing_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Call.trailing_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Call.trailing_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the trailing metadata sent by the server.</p>
<p>This method blocks until the value is available.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The trailing <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="client-side-interceptor">
<h3>Client-Side Interceptor<a class="headerlink" href="#client-side-interceptor" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ClientCallDetails</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ClientCallDetails"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes an RPC to be invoked.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.method">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">method</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.method" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The method name of the RPC.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.timeout">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.timeout" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for the RPC.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.metadata">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to
the service-side of the RPC.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.credentials">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.credentials" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An optional CallCredentials for the RPC.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.wait_for_ready">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.wait_for_ready" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ClientCallDetails.compression">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ClientCallDetails.compression" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords intercepting unary-unary invocations.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_unary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_unary_unary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">continuation</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">client_call_details</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_unary"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts a unary-unary invocation asynchronously.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>continuation</strong> – A function that proceeds with the invocation by
executing the next interceptor in chain or invoking the
actual RPC on the underlying Channel. It is the interceptor’s
responsibility to call it if it decides to move the RPC forward.
The interceptor can use
<cite>response_future = continuation(client_call_details, request)</cite>
to continue with the RPC. <cite>continuation</cite> returns an object that is
both a Call for the RPC and a Future. In the event of RPC
completion, the return Call-Future’s result value will be
the response message of the RPC. Should the event terminate
with non-OK status, the returned Call-Future’s exception value
will be an RpcError.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>client_call_details</strong> – A ClientCallDetails object describing the
outgoing RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and a Future.
In the event of RPC completion, the return Call-Future’s
result value will be the response message of the RPC.
Should the event terminate with non-OK status, the returned
Call-Future’s exception value will be an RpcError.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamClientInterceptor</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryStreamClientInterceptor"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords intercepting unary-stream invocations.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_stream">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_unary_stream</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">continuation</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">client_call_details</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_stream"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_unary_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts a unary-stream invocation.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>continuation</strong> – A function that proceeds with the invocation by
executing the next interceptor in chain or invoking the
actual RPC on the underlying Channel. It is the interceptor’s
responsibility to call it if it decides to move the RPC forward.
The interceptor can use
<cite>response_iterator = continuation(client_call_details, request)</cite>
to continue with the RPC. <cite>continuation</cite> returns an object that is
both a Call for the RPC and an iterator for response values.
Drawing response values from the returned Call-iterator may
raise RpcError indicating termination of the RPC with non-OK
status.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>client_call_details</strong> – A ClientCallDetails object describing the
outgoing RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and an iterator of
response values. Drawing response values from the returned
Call-iterator may raise RpcError indicating termination of
the RPC with non-OK status. This object <em>should</em> also fulfill the
Future interface, though it may not.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryClientInterceptor</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryClientInterceptor"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords intercepting stream-unary invocations.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_unary">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_stream_unary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">continuation</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">client_call_details</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_unary"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts a stream-unary invocation asynchronously.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>continuation</strong> – A function that proceeds with the invocation by
executing the next interceptor in chain or invoking the
actual RPC on the underlying Channel. It is the interceptor’s
responsibility to call it if it decides to move the RPC forward.
The interceptor can use
<cite>response_future = continuation(client_call_details, request_iterator)</cite>
to continue with the RPC. <cite>continuation</cite> returns an object that is
both a Call for the RPC and a Future. In the event of RPC completion,
the return Call-Future’s result value will be the response message
of the RPC. Should the event terminate with non-OK status, the
returned Call-Future’s exception value will be an RpcError.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>client_call_details</strong> – A ClientCallDetails object describing the
outgoing RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and a Future.
In the event of RPC completion, the return Call-Future’s
result value will be the response message of the RPC.
Should the event terminate with non-OK status, the returned
Call-Future’s exception value will be an RpcError.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StreamStreamClientInterceptor</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamStreamClientInterceptor"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords intercepting stream-stream invocations.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_stream">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_stream_stream</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">continuation</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">client_call_details</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_stream"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamStreamClientInterceptor.intercept_stream_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts a stream-stream invocation.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>continuation</strong> – A function that proceeds with the invocation by
executing the next interceptor in chain or invoking the
actual RPC on the underlying Channel. It is the interceptor’s
responsibility to call it if it decides to move the RPC forward.
The interceptor can use
<cite>response_iterator = continuation(client_call_details, request_iterator)</cite>
to continue with the RPC. <cite>continuation</cite> returns an object that is
both a Call for the RPC and an iterator for response values.
Drawing response values from the returned Call-iterator may
raise RpcError indicating termination of the RPC with non-OK
status.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>client_call_details</strong> – A ClientCallDetails object describing the
outgoing RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and an iterator of
response values. Drawing response values from the returned
Call-iterator may raise RpcError indicating termination of
the RPC with non-OK status. This object <em>should</em> also fulfill the
Future interface, though it may not.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="service-side-context">
<h3>Service-Side Context<a class="headerlink" href="#service-side-context" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ServicerContext</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A context object passed to method implementations.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.abort">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">abort</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">code</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">details</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.abort"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.abort" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Raises an exception to terminate the RPC with a non-OK status.</p>
<p>The code and details passed as arguments will supersede any existing
ones.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>code</strong> – A StatusCode object to be sent to the client.
It must not be StatusCode.OK.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>details</strong> – A UTF-8-encodable string to be sent to the client upon
termination of the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>Exception</strong> – An exception is always raised to signal the abortion the
RPC to the gRPC runtime.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.abort_with_status">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">abort_with_status</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">status</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.abort_with_status"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.abort_with_status" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Raises an exception to terminate the RPC with a non-OK status.</p>
<p>The status passed as argument will supersede any existing status code,
status message and trailing metadata.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>status</strong> – A grpc.Status object. The status code in it must not be
StatusCode.OK.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p><strong>Exception</strong> – An exception is always raised to signal the abortion the
RPC to the gRPC runtime.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.auth_context">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">auth_context</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.auth_context"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.auth_context" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Gets the auth context for the call.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>A map of strings to an iterable of bytes for each auth property.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.code">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">code</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.code"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.code" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the value to be used as status code upon RPC completion.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The StatusCode value for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.details">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">details</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.details"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.details" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the value to be used as detail string upon RPC completion.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The details string of the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.disable_next_message_compression">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">disable_next_message_compression</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.disable_next_message_compression"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.disable_next_message_compression" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Disables compression for the next response message.</p>
<p>This method will override any compression configuration set during
server creation or set on the call.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.invocation_metadata">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">invocation_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.invocation_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.invocation_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Accesses the metadata sent by the client.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The invocation <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.peer">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">peer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.peer"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Identifies the peer that invoked the RPC being serviced.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>A string identifying the peer that invoked the RPC being serviced.
The string format is determined by gRPC runtime.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identities">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">peer_identities</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.peer_identities"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identities" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Gets one or more peer identity(s).</p>
<p>Equivalent to
servicer_context.auth_context().get(servicer_context.peer_identity_key())</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>An iterable of the identities, or None if the call is not
authenticated. Each identity is returned as a raw bytes type.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identity_key">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">peer_identity_key</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.peer_identity_key"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.peer_identity_key" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The auth property used to identify the peer.</p>
<p>For example, “x509_common_name” or “x509_subject_alternative_name” are
used to identify an SSL peer.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The auth property (string) that indicates the
peer identity, or None if the call is not authenticated.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.send_initial_metadata">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">send_initial_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">initial_metadata</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.send_initial_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.send_initial_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Sends the initial metadata value to the client.</p>
<p>This method need not be called by implementations if they have no
metadata to add to what the gRPC runtime will transmit.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>initial_metadata</strong> – The initial <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.set_code">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_code</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">code</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.set_code"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_code" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the value to be used as status code upon RPC completion.</p>
<p>This method need not be called by method implementations if they wish
the gRPC runtime to determine the status code of the RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>code</strong> – A StatusCode object to be sent to the client.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.set_compression">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_compression</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.set_compression"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_compression" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Set the compression algorithm to be used for the entire call.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.set_details">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_details</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">details</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.set_details"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_details" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the value to be used as detail string upon RPC completion.</p>
<p>This method need not be called by method implementations if they have
no details to transmit.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>details</strong> – A UTF-8-encodable string to be sent to the client upon
termination of the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.set_trailing_metadata">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set_trailing_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">trailing_metadata</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.set_trailing_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.set_trailing_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Sets the trailing metadata for the RPC.</p>
<p>Sets the trailing metadata to be sent upon completion of the RPC.</p>
<p>If this method is invoked multiple times throughout the lifetime of an
RPC, the value supplied in the final invocation will be the value sent
over the wire.</p>
<p>This method need not be called by implementations if they have no
metadata to add to what the gRPC runtime will transmit.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>trailing_metadata</strong> – The trailing <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServicerContext.trailing_metadata">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">trailing_metadata</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServicerContext.trailing_metadata"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServicerContext.trailing_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Access value to be used as trailing metadata upon RPC completion.</p>
<p>This is an EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The trailing <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="service-side-handler">
<h3>Service-Side Handler<a class="headerlink" href="#service-side-handler" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">RpcMethodHandler</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#RpcMethodHandler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An implementation of a single RPC method.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_streaming">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request_streaming</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_streaming" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Whether the RPC supports exactly one request message
or any arbitrary number of request messages.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_streaming">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">response_streaming</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_streaming" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Whether the RPC supports exactly one response message
or any arbitrary number of response messages.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_deserializer">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request_deserializer</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.request_deserializer" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A callable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-deserializer"><span class="xref std std-term">deserializer</span></a> that accepts a byte string and
returns an object suitable to be passed to this object’s business
logic, or None to indicate that this object’s business logic should be
passed the raw request bytes.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_serializer">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">response_serializer</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.response_serializer" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A callable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-serializer"><span class="xref std std-term">serializer</span></a> that accepts an object produced
by this object’s business logic and returns a byte string, or None to
indicate that the byte strings produced by this object’s business logic
should be transmitted on the wire as they are.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_unary">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_unary</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>This object’s application-specific business logic as a
callable value that takes a request value and a ServicerContext object
and returns a response value. Only non-None if both request_streaming
and response_streaming are False.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_stream">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">unary_stream</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.unary_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>This object’s application-specific business logic as a
callable value that takes a request value and a ServicerContext object
and returns an iterator of response values. Only non-None if
request_streaming is False and response_streaming is True.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_unary">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_unary</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_unary" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>This object’s application-specific business logic as a
callable value that takes an iterator of request values and a
ServicerContext object and returns a response value. Only non-None if
request_streaming is True and response_streaming is False.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_stream">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">stream_stream</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.RpcMethodHandler.stream_stream" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>This object’s application-specific business logic as a
callable value that takes an iterator of request values and a
ServicerContext object and returns an iterator of response values.
Only non-None if request_streaming and response_streaming are both
True.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.HandlerCallDetails">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">HandlerCallDetails</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#HandlerCallDetails"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes an RPC that has just arrived for service.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.HandlerCallDetails.method">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">method</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails.method" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The method name of the RPC.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.HandlerCallDetails.invocation_metadata">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">invocation_metadata</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.HandlerCallDetails.invocation_metadata" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> sent by the client.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.GenericRpcHandler">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">GenericRpcHandler</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#GenericRpcHandler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.GenericRpcHandler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An implementation of arbitrarily many RPC methods.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.GenericRpcHandler.service">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">service</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">handler_call_details</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#GenericRpcHandler.service"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.GenericRpcHandler.service" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the handler for servicing the RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>handler_call_details</strong> – A HandlerCallDetails describing the RPC.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler with which the RPC may be serviced if the
implementation chooses to service this RPC, or None otherwise.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServiceRpcHandler">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ServiceRpcHandler</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServiceRpcHandler"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServiceRpcHandler" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>An implementation of RPC methods belonging to a service.</p>
<p>A service handles RPC methods with structured names of the form
‘/Service.Name/Service.Method’, where ‘Service.Name’ is the value
returned by service_name(), and ‘Service.Method’ is the method
name. A service can have multiple method names, but only a single
service name.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServiceRpcHandler.service_name">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">service_name</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServiceRpcHandler.service_name"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServiceRpcHandler.service_name" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns this service’s name.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>The service name.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="service-side-interceptor">
<h3>Service-Side Interceptor<a class="headerlink" href="#service-side-interceptor" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServerInterceptor">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ServerInterceptor</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServerInterceptor"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServerInterceptor" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords intercepting incoming RPCs on the service-side.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.ServerInterceptor.intercept_service">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">intercept_service</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">continuation</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">handler_call_details</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#ServerInterceptor.intercept_service"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.ServerInterceptor.intercept_service" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Intercepts incoming RPCs before handing them over to a handler.</p>
<p>State can be passed from an interceptor to downstream interceptors
via contextvars. The first interceptor is called from an empty
contextvars.Context, and the same Context is used for downstream
interceptors and for the final handler call. Note that there are no
guarantees that interceptors and handlers will be called from the
same thread.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>continuation</strong> – A function that takes a HandlerCallDetails and
proceeds to invoke the next interceptor in the chain, if any,
or the RPC handler lookup logic, with the call details passed
as an argument, and returns an RpcMethodHandler instance if
the RPC is considered serviced, or None otherwise.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>handler_call_details</strong> – A HandlerCallDetails describing the RPC.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An RpcMethodHandler with which the RPC may be serviced if the
interceptor chooses to service this RPC, or None otherwise.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="multi-callable-interfaces">
<h3>Multi-Callable Interfaces<a class="headerlink" href="#multi-callable-interfaces" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UnaryUnaryMultiCallable</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryMultiCallable"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords invoking a unary-unary RPC from client-side.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.__call__">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Synchronously invokes the underlying RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow
for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The response value for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcError" title="grpc.RpcError"><strong>RpcError</strong></a> – Indicating that the RPC terminated with non-OK status. The
raised RpcError will also be a Call for the RPC affording the RPC’s
metadata, status code, and details.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.future">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">future</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.future"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.future" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Asynchronously invokes the underlying RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and a Future.
In the event of RPC completion, the return Call-Future’s result
value will be the response message of the RPC.
Should the event terminate with non-OK status,
the returned Call-Future’s exception value will be an RpcError.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.with_call">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">with_call</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.with_call"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryUnaryMultiCallable.with_call" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Synchronously invokes the underlying RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional durating of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The response value for the RPC and a Call value for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcError" title="grpc.RpcError"><strong>RpcError</strong></a> – Indicating that the RPC terminated with non-OK status. The
raised RpcError will also be a Call for the RPC affording the RPC’s
metadata, status code, and details.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">UnaryStreamMultiCallable</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryStreamMultiCallable"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords invoking a unary-stream RPC from client-side.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable.__call__">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#UnaryStreamMultiCallable.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.UnaryStreamMultiCallable.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Invokes the underlying RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request</strong> – The request value for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC. If None, the timeout is considered infinite.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – An optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is a Call for the RPC, an iterator of response
values, and a Future for the RPC. Drawing response values from the
returned Call-iterator may raise RpcError indicating termination of
the RPC with non-OK status.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StreamUnaryMultiCallable</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryMultiCallable"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords invoking a stream-unary RPC from client-side.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.__call__">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryMultiCallable.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Synchronously invokes the underlying RPC.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for
the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC. If None, the timeout is considered infinite.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The response value for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcError" title="grpc.RpcError"><strong>RpcError</strong></a> – Indicating that the RPC terminated with non-OK status. The
raised RpcError will also implement grpc.Call, affording methods
such as metadata, code, and details.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.future">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">future</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryMultiCallable.future"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.future" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Asynchronously invokes the underlying RPC on the client.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC. If None, the timeout is considered infinite.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is both a Call for the RPC and a Future.
In the event of RPC completion, the return Call-Future’s result value
will be the response message of the RPC. Should the event terminate
with non-OK status, the returned Call-Future’s exception value will
be an RpcError.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.with_call">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">with_call</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamUnaryMultiCallable.with_call"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamUnaryMultiCallable.with_call" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Synchronously invokes the underlying RPC on the client.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for
the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC. If None, the timeout is considered infinite.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The response value for the RPC and a Call object for the RPC.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.RpcError" title="grpc.RpcError"><strong>RpcError</strong></a> – Indicating that the RPC terminated with non-OK status. The
raised RpcError will also be a Call for the RPC affording the RPC’s
metadata, status code, and details.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">StreamStreamMultiCallable</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamStreamMultiCallable"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Affords invoking a stream-stream RPC on client-side.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable.__call__">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">request_iterator</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">metadata</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">credentials</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">wait_for_ready</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">compression</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#StreamStreamMultiCallable.__call__"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.StreamStreamMultiCallable.__call__" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Invokes the underlying RPC on the client.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>request_iterator</strong> – An iterator that yields request values for the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>timeout</strong> – An optional duration of time in seconds to allow for
the RPC. If not specified, the timeout is considered infinite.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>metadata</strong> – Optional <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-metadata"><span class="xref std std-term">metadata</span></a> to be transmitted to the
service-side of the RPC.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>credentials</strong> – An optional CallCredentials for the RPC. Only valid for
secure Channel.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>wait_for_ready</strong> – An optional flag to enable <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-wait_for_ready"><span class="xref std std-term">wait_for_ready</span></a> mechanism.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>compression</strong> – An element of grpc.compression, e.g.
grpc.compression.Gzip.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>An object that is a Call for the RPC, an iterator of response
values, and a Future for the RPC. Drawing response values from the
returned Call-iterator may raise RpcError indicating termination of
the RPC with non-OK status.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="future-interfaces">
<h3>Future Interfaces<a class="headerlink" href="#future-interfaces" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.FutureTimeoutError">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FutureTimeoutError</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#FutureTimeoutError"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.FutureTimeoutError" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that a method call on a Future timed out.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py exception">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.FutureCancelledError">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">exception</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">FutureCancelledError</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#FutureCancelledError"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.FutureCancelledError" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates that the computation underlying a Future was cancelled.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Future</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>A representation of a computation in another control flow.</p>
<p>Computations represented by a Future may be yet to be begun,
may be ongoing, or may have already completed.</p>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.add_done_callback">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_done_callback</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fn</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.add_done_callback"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.add_done_callback" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Adds a function to be called at completion of the computation.</p>
<p>The callback will be passed this Future object describing the outcome
of the computation. Callbacks will be invoked after the future is
terminated, whether successfully or not.</p>
<p>If the computation has already completed, the callback will be called
immediately.</p>
<p>Exceptions raised in the callback will be logged at ERROR level, but
will not terminate any threads of execution.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>fn</strong> – A callable taking this Future object as its single parameter.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.cancel">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cancel</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.cancel"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.cancel" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Attempts to cancel the computation.</p>
<p>This method does not block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><p>Returns True if the computation was canceled.</p>
<p>Returns False under all other circumstances, for example:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>computation has begun and could not be canceled.</p></li>
<li><p>computation has finished</p></li>
<li><dl class="simple">
<dt>computation is scheduled for execution and it is impossible</dt><dd><p>to determine its state without blocking.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</li>
</ol>
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>bool</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.cancelled">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cancelled</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.cancelled"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.cancelled" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes whether the computation was cancelled.</p>
<p>This method does not block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><p>Returns True if the computation was cancelled before its result became
available.</p>
<p>Returns False under all other circumstances, for example:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li><p>computation was not cancelled.</p></li>
<li><p>computation’s result is available.</p></li>
</ol>
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>bool</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.done">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">done</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.done"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.done" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes whether the computation has taken place.</p>
<p>This method does not block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p>Returns True if the computation already executed or was cancelled.
Returns False if the computation is scheduled for execution or
currently executing.
This is exactly opposite of the running() method’s result.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Return type<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>bool</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.exception">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">exception</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.exception"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.exception" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the exception raised by the computation.</p>
<p>This method may return immediately or may block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>timeout</strong> – The length of time in seconds to wait for the computation to
terminate or be cancelled. If None, the call will block until the
computations’s termination.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The exception raised by the computation, or None if the computation
did not raise an exception.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureTimeoutError" title="grpc.FutureTimeoutError"><strong>FutureTimeoutError</strong></a> – If a timeout value is passed and the computation
does not terminate within the allotted time.</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureCancelledError" title="grpc.FutureCancelledError"><strong>FutureCancelledError</strong></a> – If the computation was cancelled.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.result">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">result</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.result"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.result" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the result of the computation or raises its exception.</p>
<p>This method may return immediately or may block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>timeout</strong> – The length of time in seconds to wait for the computation to
finish or be cancelled. If None, the call will block until the
computations’s termination.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The return value of the computation.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureTimeoutError" title="grpc.FutureTimeoutError"><strong>FutureTimeoutError</strong></a> – If a timeout value is passed and the computation
does not terminate within the allotted time.</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureCancelledError" title="grpc.FutureCancelledError"><strong>FutureCancelledError</strong></a> – If the computation was cancelled.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Exception</strong> – If the computation raised an exception, this call will
raise the same exception.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.running">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">running</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.running"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.running" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Describes whether the computation is taking place.</p>
<p>This method does not block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><p>Returns True if the computation is scheduled for execution or
currently executing.</p>
<p>Returns False if the computation already executed or was cancelled.</p>
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Future.traceback">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">traceback</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">timeout</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Future.traceback"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Future.traceback" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Access the traceback of the exception raised by the computation.</p>
<p>This method may return immediately or may block.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>timeout</strong> – The length of time in seconds to wait for the computation
to terminate or be cancelled. If None, the call will block until
the computation’s termination.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>The traceback of the exception raised by the computation, or None
if the computation did not raise an exception.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureTimeoutError" title="grpc.FutureTimeoutError"><strong>FutureTimeoutError</strong></a> – If a timeout value is passed and the computation
does not terminate within the allotted time.</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#grpc.FutureCancelledError" title="grpc.FutureCancelledError"><strong>FutureCancelledError</strong></a> – If the computation was cancelled.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="compression">
<h3>Compression<a class="headerlink" href="#compression" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Compression">
<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Compression</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc.html#Compression"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Compression" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Indicates the compression method to be used for an RPC.</p>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Compression.NoCompression">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">NoCompression</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Compression.NoCompression" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Do not use compression algorithm.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Compression.Deflate">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Deflate</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Compression.Deflate" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Use “Deflate” compression algorithm.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py attribute">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.Compression.Gzip">
<span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Gzip</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.Compression.Gzip" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Use “Gzip” compression algorithm.</p>
</dd></dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="runtime-protobuf-parsing">
<h3>Runtime Protobuf Parsing<a class="headerlink" href="#runtime-protobuf-parsing" title="Link to this heading"></a></h3>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.protos">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">protos</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">protobuf_path</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc/_runtime_protos.html#protos"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.protos" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a module generated by the indicated .proto file.</p>
<p>THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>Use this function to retrieve classes corresponding to message
definitions in the .proto file.</p>
<p>To inspect the contents of the returned module, use the dir function.
For example:</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">`</span>
<span class="pre">protos</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">grpc.protos(&quot;foo.proto&quot;)</span>
<span class="pre">print(dir(protos))</span>
<span class="pre">`</span></code></p>
<p>The returned module object corresponds to the _pb2.py file generated
by protoc. The path is expected to be relative to an entry on sys.path
and all transitive dependencies of the file should also be resolvable
from an entry on sys.path.</p>
<p>To completely disable the machinery behind this function, set the
GRPC_PYTHON_DISABLE_DYNAMIC_STUBS environment variable to “true”.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>protobuf_path</strong> – The path to the .proto file on the filesystem. This path
must be resolvable from an entry on sys.path and so must all of its
transitive dependencies.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A module object corresponding to the message code for the indicated
.proto file. Equivalent to a generated _pb2.py file.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.services">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">services</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">protobuf_path</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc/_runtime_protos.html#services"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.services" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a module generated by the indicated .proto file.</p>
<p>THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>Use this function to retrieve classes and functions corresponding to
service definitions in the .proto file, including both stub and servicer
definitions.</p>
<p>To inspect the contents of the returned module, use the dir function.
For example:</p>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">`</span>
<span class="pre">services</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">grpc.services(&quot;foo.proto&quot;)</span>
<span class="pre">print(dir(services))</span>
<span class="pre">`</span></code></p>
<p>The returned module object corresponds to the _pb2_grpc.py file generated
by protoc. The path is expected to be relative to an entry on sys.path
and all transitive dependencies of the file should also be resolvable
from an entry on sys.path.</p>
<p>To completely disable the machinery behind this function, set the
GRPC_PYTHON_DISABLE_DYNAMIC_STUBS environment variable to “true”.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>protobuf_path</strong> – The path to the .proto file on the filesystem. This path
must be resolvable from an entry on sys.path and so must all of its
transitive dependencies.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A module object corresponding to the stub/service code for the indicated
.proto file. Equivalent to a generated _pb2_grpc.py file.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="grpc.protos_and_services">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">grpc.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">protos_and_services</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">protobuf_path</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="_modules/grpc/_runtime_protos.html#protos_and_services"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#grpc.protos_and_services" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a 2-tuple of modules corresponding to protos and services.</p>
<p>THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL API.</p>
<p>The return value of this function is equivalent to a call to protos and a
call to services.</p>
<p>To completely disable the machinery behind this function, set the
GRPC_PYTHON_DISABLE_DYNAMIC_STUBS environment variable to “true”.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>protobuf_path</strong> – The path to the .proto file on the filesystem. This path
must be resolvable from an entry on sys.path and so must all of its
transitive dependencies.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-even"><p>A 2-tuple of module objects corresponding to (protos(path), services(path)).</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
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