Twirp

Twirp RPC Framework

Twirp is a simple RPC framework with protobuf service definitions. Define your service in a .proto file and Twirp generates servers and clients implementing the Twirp wire protocol. Services are exposed over HTTP using POST requests with paths in the form /twirp/[Package].[Service]/[Method]. Supports both Protobuf binary encoding (Content-Type: application/protobuf) and JSON encoding (Content-Type: application/json). Includes a Go runtime and protoc-gen-twirp code generator plugin.

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Documentation

https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/docs/intro.html

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GettingStarted

https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/docs/install.html

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GitHub

https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp

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Wire Protocol

https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp/blob/main/PROTOCOL.md

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aid: twirp:twirp-framework
name: Twirp RPC Framework
description: 'Twirp is a simple RPC framework with protobuf service definitions. Define your service in
  a .proto file and Twirp generates servers and clients implementing the Twirp wire protocol. Services
  are exposed over HTTP using POST requests with paths in the form /twirp/[Package].[Service]/[Method].
  Supports both Protobuf binary encoding (Content-Type: application/protobuf) and JSON encoding (Content-Type:
  application/json). Includes a Go runtime and protoc-gen-twirp code generator plugin.'
humanURL: https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/
baseURL: https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/
tags:
- Protocol Buffers
- RPC
- Go
- Code Generation
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/docs/intro.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://twitchtv.github.io/twirp/docs/install.html
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp
- type: Wire Protocol
  url: https://github.com/twitchtv/twirp/blob/main/PROTOCOL.md