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 This project demonstrates an automated workflow for pushing a gRPC API definition into WireMock Cloud so that it can be mocked.
 
-Currently, the only example uses Maven, and does the following: 
+## Building with Maven
+
+The example in the `maven` directory does the following: 
 * Build the set of .proto files under `src/main/proto` into a descriptor file.
-* Push this into a specific WireMock Cloud mock API via the WireMock Cloud's API.
+* Push this into a specific WireMock Cloud mock API via the WireMock Cloud's API. The API ID is determined from the `MOCK_API_ID` env var.
+
+A [GitHub Actions workflow](.github/workflows/maven-build-and-push.yml) does this on each push to `main`.
+
+
+## Building directly with protoc
 
-A [GitHub Actions workflow](.github/workflows/maven-build-and-push.yml) does this on each push to `main`.
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+The example in the `protoc` directory does the following:
+* Build the set of .proto files under `proto` into the descriptor file `build/services.dsc`.
+* Push this into a specific WireMock Cloud mock API via the WireMock Cloud's API. The API ID is determined from the `MOCK_API_ID` env var.
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+build
diff --git a/protoc/proto/ExampleServices.proto b/protoc/proto/ExampleServices.proto
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+// 1. syntax, package, option
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.example.grpc;
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+import "request/helloRequest.proto";
+import "response/helloResponse.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/empty.proto";
+import "google/protobuf/any.proto";
+
+// 4. service, unary request/response
+service GreetingService {
+    rpc greeting(com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (com.example.grpc.response.HelloResponse);
+    rpc manyGreetingsOneReply(stream com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (com.example.grpc.response.HelloResponse);
+    rpc oneGreetingManyReplies(com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (stream com.example.grpc.response.HelloResponse);
+    rpc oneGreetingEmptyReply(com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Empty);
+    rpc greetingAnyRequest(google.protobuf.Any) returns ( com.example.grpc.response.HelloResponse) ;
+    rpc greetingAnyResponse(com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (google.protobuf.Any) ;
+}
+
+service AnotherGreetingService {
+    rpc differentGreeting(com.example.grpc.request.HelloRequest) returns (com.example.grpc.response.HelloResponse);
+}
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diff --git a/protoc/proto/request/helloRequest.proto b/protoc/proto/request/helloRequest.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.example.grpc.request;
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+import "request/models/sentiment.proto";
+
+message HelloRequest {
+    string name = 1;
+    int32 age = 2;
+    repeated string hobbies = 3;
+    map<string, string> bagOfTricks = 4;
+    com.example.grpc.request.models.Sentiment sentiment = 5;
+}
+
diff --git a/protoc/proto/request/models/sentiment.proto b/protoc/proto/request/models/sentiment.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.example.grpc.request.models;
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+
+enum Sentiment {
+  HAPPY = 0;
+  SLEEPY = 1;
+  ANGRY = 2;
+}
diff --git a/protoc/proto/response/helloResponse.proto b/protoc/proto/response/helloResponse.proto
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+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.example.grpc.response;
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+
+message HelloResponse {
+  string greeting = 1;
+}
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diff --git a/protoc/push-to-wmc.sh b/protoc/push-to-wmc.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+if [ -z "$WIREMOCK_API_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "Environment variable WIREMOCK_API_TOKEN must be set with a valid API token"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$MOCK_API_ID" ]; then
+  echo "Environment variable MOCK_API_ID must be set with the target API's ID string e.g. ek2z9"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p build
+protoc --descriptor_set_out=build/services.dsc --include_imports --include_source_info --proto_path=proto proto/*.proto
+
+curl "https://api.wiremock.cloud/v1/mock-apis/$MOCK_API_ID/__admin/ext/grpc/descriptor" \
+  -X PUT \
+  --data-binary @build/services.dsc \
+  -H 'content-type:application/octet-stream' \
+  -H "authorization:Token $WIREMOCK_API_TOKEN"
+