Building Microservices with Go

Format (REST/RPC)

At its heart, Micro uses Google's Protocol Buffers as its core messaging protocol. This, however, is not the only method by which you can communicate with the services. Micro also implements the sidecar pattern, which is an RPC proxy. This provides a really simple way of integrating any application into the Micro ecosystem. The sidecar can be used as an API gateway, which is a single point of entry for multiple downstream services. In Micro's case, the gateway handles HTTP requests and converts them to RPC; it is also capable of providing reverse-proxy functionality. This is a very versatile pattern, and the sidecar can be scaled differently to the primary services, allowing you to expose this as a public facing endpoint ...