gRPC

up:: API

Similar to Rest API.

g Remote Procedure Calls

• HTTP/2 for transport

• Protocal buffers as interface description language

  • Protocal buffers serialise data to make it less verbose

• Persistent connections and streams

  • Allows multiple messages
  • Bi-directional

• Documentation

  • .proto files

Upsides

• Binary data format: faster

Downsides

• Browser support