https://aripd.com/tags/protocol-buffers/ Recent content in Protocol Buffers on ARI Systems Hugo en-us ARI Systems Sat, 16 May 2026 06:19:44 +0000 https://aripd.com/blog/grpc/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://aripd.com/blog/grpc/ <h2 id="references">References <a href="#references" class="permalink"><i class="bi bi-link-45deg"></i></a></h2><ul> <li><a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-grpc-java#0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Building a gRPC service with Java</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="what-is-grpc">What is gRPC? <a href="#what-is-grpc" class="permalink"><i class="bi bi-link-45deg"></i></a></h2><p>gRPC is a modern open-source high-performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework developed by Google. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication.</p> <h2 id="why-grpc-over-rest">Why gRPC over REST? <a href="#why-grpc-over-rest" class="permalink"><i class="bi bi-link-45deg"></i></a></h2><p><strong>Protobuf instead of JSON/XML</strong></p> <p>REST uses JSON for sending and receiving messages. JSON is flexible, text-based and human-readable but it is not fast enough or light-weight enough for transmitting data between systems. gRPC uses Protobuf(protocol buffers) messaging format which is faster and more efficient for data transmission</p>