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| Feature | gRPC | REST | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract | Required (*.proto) | Optional (OpenAPI) | |
| Transport | HTTP/2 | HTTP | |
| Payload | Protobuf (small and binary) | JSON (large and human readable) | |
| Prescriptiveness | Strict specification | Loose. Any HTTP is valid | |
| Streaming | Client/Server/Bi-Directional | Client/Server | |
| Broswer support | No (requires grpc-web) | Yes | |
| Security | Transport (HTTPS) | Transport (HTTPS) | |
| Client code-gen | Yes | OpenAPI + third0party tooling |
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