Riak KV

Riak Protocol Buffers Client API

Higher-performance binary client API for Riak KV using Protocol Buffers messages encoded over a long-lived TCP connection. Default port is 8087. Each request message produces one or more response messages on the same connection. Message definitions are published in the open source basho/riak_pb repository.

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Documentation
https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/latest/developing/api/protocol-buffers

Other Resources

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Message Definitions
https://github.com/basho/riak_pb
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Encoding Reference
https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/latest/developing/api/protocol-buffers/index.html

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: riak:protocol-buffers
name: Riak Protocol Buffers Client API
description: Higher-performance binary client API for Riak KV using Protocol Buffers messages encoded
  over a long-lived TCP connection. Default port is 8087. Each request message produces one or more response
  messages on the same connection. Message definitions are published in the open source basho/riak_pb
  repository.
humanURL: https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/latest/developing/api/protocol-buffers
baseURL: pb://<your-riak-host>:8087
tags:
- Protocol Buffers
- PBC
- Binary Protocol
- Key-Value
- High Performance
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/latest/developing/api/protocol-buffers
- type: Message Definitions
  url: https://github.com/basho/riak_pb
- type: Encoding Reference
  url: https://docs.riak.com/riak/kv/latest/developing/api/protocol-buffers/index.html