Building Secure API with gRPC and Node and SSL/TLS

This app consists of two parts:

• Server: where gRPC serves the remote calls defined in the proto file
• Client: Express/Node Web APi for CRUD operations.

In order to run this app, follow the following steps:

Generate SSL Certificates (certificates will be generated at ./certs)

• Open a new terminal window and execute the command below in the root directory of the application:

$ npm run generate:certs

Start the Server

• In the in the root directory of the application run the following commands:

$ npm start

Start the Client

• Open a new terminal window, with the previous terminal open, from the root directory of the application naviage to the client folder and execute the following command:

$ node index

Test the application

Then, go to http://localhost:50050/ and test it out.