Does gRPC use Protobuf?

gRPC is built on top of HTTP2 transport layer and therefore can support 4 types of APIs (unary, client streaming, server streaming, and bi-directional streaming). It also leverages Protobuf for message exchange.

Can I use gRPC without Protobuf?

Fortunately, gRPC is encoding agnostic! You can still get a lot of the benefits of gRPC without using Protobuf.

What version of Protobuf does gRPC use?

3.5.0
protoc compiler If you don’t have it already, you need to install the protobuf compiler protoc , version 3.5. 0+ (the newer the better) for the current gRPC version.

What is the difference between gRPC and rest?

Rules. REST is a set of guidelines for designing web APIs without enforcing anything. On the other hand, gRPC enforces rules by defining a . proto file that must be adhered to by both client and server for data exchange.

What is gRPC and Protobuf?

Protobuf is the most commonly used IDL (Interface Definition Language) for gRPC. It’s where you basically store your data and function contracts in the form of a proto file. The proto file acts as the intermediary contract for client to call any available functions from the server.

What is proto gRPC?

Starting from a service definition in a . proto file, gRPC provides protocol buffer compiler plugins that generate client- and server-side code. gRPC users typically call these APIs on the client side and implement the corresponding API on the server side.

What exactly is gRPC?

What is gRPC? gRPC is a modern, open source remote procedure call (RPC) framework that can run anywhere. It enables client and server applications to communicate transparently, and makes it easier to build connected systems.

What gRPC means?

grpc remote procedure call
gRPC is the modern, lightweight communication protocol from Google. It is a recursive acronym that stands for grpc remote procedure call. gRPC originated from Google in 2015. It was based on an internal Google project called Stubby which was an internal framework for gRPC, but just for Google services.