Is gRPC a Protobuf?

Protobuf is the most commonly used IDL (Interface Definition Language) for gRPC. It’s where you basically store your data and function contracts in the form of a proto file. … The proto file acts as the intermediary contract for client to call any available functions from the server.

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Is gRPC same as Protobuf?

Actually, gRPC and Protobuf are 2 completely different things . Let me simplify: gRPC manages the way a client and a server can interact (just like a web client/server with a REST API) protobuf is just a serialization/deserialization tool (just like JSON)

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