grpc-service-guidelines

Structuring a production-grade gRPC service in Go requires enforcing clean architecture patterns across scaffolding, proto definitions, and PostgreSQL-backed backends. These guidelines standardize authentication, validation, and error handling to ensure maintainability.

Handling gRPC errors in Go following Google AIP involves utilizing an internal apierr package for consistent error mapping. This approach ensures standardized error handling across your production services and aligns with Google API improvement proposals.

Implementing validation for gRPC requests in Go is achieved by integrating protovalidate into your service workflow. This enforces standardized input validation directly within your proto definitions, conforming to Google AIP guidelines.

You can use these gRPC guidelines for long-running operations, or LROs, in Go. The patterns provided standardize LRO implementation alongside observability and OpenAPI generation for PostgreSQL-backed backends.

These gRPC Go guidelines support OpenAPI generation to provide consistent API documentation. By conforming to Google AIP standards, the workflow ensures your proto definitions generate accurate OpenAPI specs for your services.