Go client API
The Go client API (general concept) refers to the practices, standard libraries, and common third-party packages used to build client-side applications in the Go programming language that interact with remote services via various API protocols (e.g., REST, gRPC, GraphQL). It emphasizes Go's…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2009
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- The Go client API concept addresses the challenges of building highly concurrent, performant, and maintainable network clients in an era of distributed systems. It was created to overcome the complexities of concurrent programming in traditional systems languages (like C++ or Java with their complex threading models) and the performance limitations of interpreted languages (like Python or Ruby) when dealing with I/O-bound operations and high-throughput API interactions.
- Platforms
- Linux, Windows, iOS, macOS, Solaris, WebAssembly, FreeBSD, Android
Related technologies
Notable users
- Twitch
- Uber
- Dropbox
- Docker
- Netflix
- Cloudflare
- Kubernetes (core components often written in Go and interact with APIs)