Stream file to client in Python GRPC Server

[Mark]

I have asked this question in SO https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52197359/sending-back-a-file-stream-from-grpc-python-server?noredirect=1#comment91343967_52197359

But I would like to try my luck here also...

I have a service that needs to return a filestream to the calling client so I have created this proto file.

    service Sample {

         rpc getSomething(Request) returns (stream Response){}

    }

    

    message Request {

    

    }

    

    message Response {

    bytes data = 1;

    }

When the server receives this, it needs to read some source.txt file and then write it back to the client

as a byte stream.  Just would like to ask is this the proper way to do this in a Python GRPC server?

    fileName = "source.txt"

    with open(file_name, 'r') as content_file:

        content = content_file.read()

    response.data = content.encode()

    yield response

I cannot find any examples related to this that is written in Python.

I am a newbie GRPC/Python Coder also, I just need to implement this functionality so please bear with me.

[Nathaniel Manista]

I've responded on StackOverflow.

-Nathaniel