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What is gRPC?

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API ManagementApril 26, 2024

Most APIs today are accessed over the ubiquitous HTTP protocol and the framework to create these APIs is known as REpresentational State Transfer (REST). These APIs are known as RESTful APIs . However, if you've been working in API development over the last several years, then you have likely heard…

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Building gRPC APIs with Rust

API ManagementFebruary 1, 2023

Viktor Gamov also contributed to this post. In recent decades it's become common for communication between backend services to employ HTTP APIs with JSON payloads. Many HTTP APIs adhere (or at least aspire) to REST Principles, though many fall into a category we'll call "REST-like". Some…

Shane Utt

Giving Your Legacy Applications an API Facelift

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API DesignSeptember 23, 2021

Let's face it: In today's modern world of cloud and containers, there are still thousands of legacy applications that were not written with an API-first approach. Some legacy systems can still provide tremendous value today, but the means for accessing them are completely out of date, thus…

David La Motta

Kubernetes Ingress gRPC Example With a Dune Quote Service

Kubernetes Ingress gRPC Example With a Dune Quote Service
KubernetesJuly 30, 2021

APIs come in all different shapes and forms. In this tutorial, I'll show you a K8s Ingress gRPC example. I’ll explain how to deploy a gRPC service to Kubernetes and provide external access to the service using Kong's Kubernetes Ingress Controller. And to hype you up a little bit about the upcoming…

Viktor Gamov

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6 Ways to Leverage Insomnia as a gRPC Client

6 Ways to Leverage Insomnia as a gRPC Client
InsomniaJuly 21, 2021

In this article, we're going to build a fun and simple gRPC server in Node.js. Then we'll demonstrate how to use Insomnia to make gRPC requests on our server. First, let's briefly cover some core tech concepts. If you're already familiar with the basics, skip ahead to the tutorial or watch the…

Alvin Lee

How to Manage your gRPC Services with Kong

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gRPCAugust 30, 2019

With the 1.3 release , Kong is now able to natively manage and proxy gRPC services. In this blog post, we'll explain what gRPC is and how to manage your gRPC services with Kong. gRPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) framework initially developed by Google circa 2015 that has seen growing adoption…

Guilherme Salazar

Kong 1.3 Released! Native gRPC Proxying, Upstream Mutual TLS Authentication, and Much More

Kong 1.3 Released! Native gRPC Proxying, Upstream Mutual TLS Authentication, and Much More
API AuthenticationAugust 21, 2019

Today, we are excited to announce the release of Kong 1.3! Our engineering team and awesome community has contributed numerous features and improvements to this release. Based on the success of the 1.2 release, Kong 1.3 is the first version of Kong that natively supports gRPC proxying, upstream…

Mike Bilodeau

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