GRPC-EDI

gRPC in EDI integration. See official source.

Definition

gRPC — open-source RPC framework initiated by Google in 2015, based on HTTP/2 and Protocol Buffers. Used for ERP ↔ EDI gateway communication internally, rarely with external partners.

Origin

gRPC was published by Google in 2015 and contributed to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation in 2017. Stable specification at version 1.x; multi-language support (Java, Go, Python, Node, .NET, C++).

Use

Internally, gRPC progressively replaces REST to expose EDI mapping services to a cloud ERP; partner-side, AS2/AS4/SFTP remain dominant for non-repudiation.

Related

• B2B GATEWAY — see entry.
• AS4 — see entry.
• INTEGRATION BROKER — see entry.