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docs/grpc/-module.md
gRPC request module.
gRPC request module provides unary gRPC request functionality.
Module is used by the `m:temporal_sdk_client` module.
Functions provided by the `m:temporal_sdk_api` module should be used for low-level gRPC request
handling; see `temporal_sdk_api:request/3` and `temporal_sdk_api:request/5`.
## gRPC request life cycle
```mermaid
flowchart LR
TS@{ shape: processes, label: "Temporal Service <br> Temporal Server(s)"}
style TS stroke-dasharray: 3 3
subgraph REQUEST
direction TB
rq1[gRPC request] --> rq2[intercept request]
rq2 --> rq3[convert request payloads]
rq3 --> rq4[encode protobuf]
rq4 --> rq5[compress]
rq5 --> rq6[add headers]
rq6 --> rq7[check message size]
end
REQUEST -.-> TS
subgraph RESPONSE
direction TB
rp1[gRPC response] --> rp2[decompress]
rp2 --> rp3[decode protobuf]
rp3 --> rp4[convert response payloads]
rp4 --> rp5[intercept response]
end
TS -.-> RESPONSE
```