Marketplace Service using gRPC

This is a gRPC-based marketplace service for distributed systems that connects buyers and sellers through a central market server. The service is divided into two main components— the server and the client. The gRPC interface is defined in market.proto, with auto-generated Python code (market_pb2.py and market_pb2_grpc.py) facilitating the implementation of the service and client functionality.

Features

• Register Sellers: Allows sellers to register in the marketplace.
• Item Management: Enables sellers to add, update, and delete items.
• Search and Purchase: Buyers can search for items and make purchases.
• Wishlist: Buyers can add items to a wishlist for future reference.
• Rate Items: Buyers can rate items they have purchased.

Getting Started

1. Install the necessary gRPC libraries using pip:

pip install grpcio grpcio-tools

2. Generate the gRPC code by running:

python -m grpc_tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. market.proto

Note: The gRPC code needs to be generated after any changes are made to market.proto

3. Run the marketplace server by running:

python market_server.py

4. Run the client, to interact with the marketplace:

python buyer.py

python seller.py