Export & Import

Bowire supports exporting requests as grpcurl commands and importing/downloading response data.

Export as grpcurl

From the request editor, click the Export button to generate a grpcurl-compatible command for the current method and request body. The generated command includes:

  • The fully qualified service and method name
  • The request body as a -d JSON argument
  • Any metadata headers as -H flags
  • The server URL

Example output:

grpcurl -d '{"city":"Berlin"}' \
  -H "authorization: Bearer token123" \
  localhost:5001 \
  weather.WeatherService/GetCurrentWeather

This is useful for sharing exact invocations with team members or including them in documentation.

JSON Response Download

Click the Download button in the response viewer to save the response body as a JSON file. For streaming responses, the download includes all received messages as a JSON array.

Copy to Clipboard

Click the Copy button to copy the response body to your clipboard. For streaming responses, this copies all messages received so far.

File-Based Input (CLI)

In CLI mode, use @filename to read the request body from a file:

bowire call --url https://server:443 \
  weather.WeatherService/GetCurrentWeather -d @request.json

This is useful for large or complex request bodies that are cumbersome to type inline.

See also: CLI Mode, UI Guide -- Response Pane

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