Is Protobuf a framework?

Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data….Protocol Buffers.

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Developer(s)	Google
Written in	C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, PHP, Dart
Operating system	Any
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	serialization format and library, IDL compiler

What is Protobuf API?

Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a method of serializing structured data. It is useful in developing programs to communicate with each other over a wire or for storing data.

What is Protobuf in Python?

Protocol buffers (Protobuf) are a language-agnostic data serialization format developed by Google. Protobuf is great for the following reasons: Low data volume: Protobuf makes use of a binary format, which is more compact than other formats such as JSON. Persistence: Protobuf serialization is backward-compatible.

What is protobuf TensorFlow?

TensorFlow protocol buffer. Since protocol buffers use a structured format when storing data, they can be represented with Python classes. In TensorFlow, the tf. train. Example class represents the protocol buffer used to store data for the input pipeline.

Can protobuf be used in REST API?

In this tutorial we will serve protobuf to an application over HTTP (or HTTP2 for performance). Our goal will be to take sensor data from a specific type of machine, serialize that data with protobuf, and then hand that off to our frontend via a REST API. Disclaimer: protobuf is usually used as part of a gRPC API.

What is protobuf in gRPC?

Protocol Buffer, a.k.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.

When should I use protobuf?

We recommend you use Protobuf when:

You need fast serialisation/deserialisation.
Type safety is important.
Schema adherence is required.
You want to reduce coding.
Language interoperability is required.
You want to use the latest shiny toy.