API Design grpc recommended
gRPC Patterns
gRPC patterns covering Protocol Buffers design, service definitions, streaming, error handling, and production best practices.
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
gRPC: Use protobuf for 30x smaller payloads. Service suffix for services. CamelCase messages, snake_case fields. Enum starts with UNKNOWN=0. Reserve removed field numbers. RequestHeader/ResponseHeader for common fields. Use TLS in production. Streaming for real-time. Deadline propagation required.
Use When
- Microservices communication
- High-performance APIs
- Streaming requirements
- Polyglot systems
- Internal service APIs
Skip When
- Browser clients (limited support)
- Simple CRUD APIs
- Third-party integrations expecting REST
gRPC Patterns
gRPC patterns covering Protocol Buffers design, service definitions, streaming, error handling, and production best practices.