2 posts tagged with "grpc"

gRPC in Python: A Practical Example and When to Choose It​

gRPC (gRPC Remote Procedure Calls) is a modern, high-performance, open-source framework developed by Google that enables communication between services. It relies on Protocol Buffers (protobuf) for its Interface Definition Language (IDL) and uses HTTP/2 for transport.

It has become the standard choice for communication in microservices and polyglot (multi-language) environments where performance, efficiency, and strong typing are critical.

The question of whether AWS API Gateway supports gRPC is crucial for architects planning microservices deployments on AWS. The answer, which has evolved, is a nuanced Yes, but primarily through the HTTP API and only for unary calls, while traditional gRPC streaming requires alternative AWS services.