hslam / rpc

Package rpc implements a remote procedure call over TCP, UNIX, HTTP and WS. Up to 4x faster than net/rpc.

rpc

Package rpc implements a remote procedure call over TCP, UNIX, HTTP and WS. The rpc improves throughput and reduces latency. Up to 4 times faster than net/rpc.

Feature

• More throughput and less latency.
• Netpoll epoll/kqueue/net
• Network tcp/unix/http/ws
• Codec json/code/pb
• Multiplexing/Pipelining
• Auto batching
• Call/Go/RoundTrip/Ping/Stream/CallWithContext
• Conn/Transport/Client
• TLS

Comparison to other packages

Package	netrpc	jsonrpc	rpc	grpc	rpcx
Epoll/Kqueue	No	No	Yes	No	No
Multiplexing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pipelining	No	No	Yes	No	No
Auto Batching	No	No	Yes	No	No
Transport	No	No	Yes	No	No

Benchmark

Low Concurrency

High Concurrency

Get started

Install

go get github.com/hslam/rpc

Import

import "github.com/hslam/rpc"

Usage

Examples

arith.proto

syntax = "proto3";
package service;

message ArithRequest {
    int32 a = 1;
    int32 b = 2;
}

message ArithResponse {
    int32 pro = 1;
}

GoGo Protobuf

protoc ./arith.proto --gogofaster_out=./

arith.go

package service

type Arith struct{}

func (a *Arith) Multiply(req *ArithRequest, res *ArithResponse) error {
	res.Pro = req.A * req.B
	return nil
}

server.go

package main

import (
	"github.com/hslam/rpc"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc/examples/codec/pb/service"
)

func main() {
	rpc.Register(new(service.Arith))
	rpc.Listen("tcp", ":9999", "pb")
}

conn.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc/examples/codec/pb/service"
)

func main() {
	conn, err := rpc.Dial("tcp", ":9999", "pb")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer conn.Close()
	req := &service.ArithRequest{A: 9, B: 2}
	var res service.ArithResponse
	if err = conn.Call("Arith.Multiply", req, &res); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%d * %d = %d\n", req.A, req.B, res.Pro)
}

transport.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc/examples/codec/pb/service"
)

func main() {
	trans := &rpc.Transport{
		MaxConnsPerHost:     1,
		MaxIdleConnsPerHost: 1,
		Options:             &rpc.Options{Network: "tcp", Codec: "pb"},
	}
	defer trans.Close()
	req := &service.ArithRequest{A: 9, B: 2}
	var res service.ArithResponse
	if err := trans.Call(":9999", "Arith.Multiply", req, &res); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%d * %d = %d\n", req.A, req.B, res.Pro)
}

client.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc/examples/codec/pb/service"
)

func main() {
	opts := &rpc.Options{Network: "tcp", Codec: "pb"}
	client := rpc.NewClient(opts, ":9997", ":9998", ":9999")
	client.Scheduling = rpc.LeastTimeScheduling
	defer client.Close()
	req := &service.ArithRequest{A: 9, B: 2}
	var res service.ArithResponse
	if err := client.Call("Arith.Multiply", req, &res); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%d * %d = %d\n", req.A, req.B, res.Pro)
}

context.go

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc"
	"github.com/hslam/rpc/examples/codec/pb/service"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	conn, err := rpc.Dial("tcp", ":9999", "pb")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer conn.Close()
	req := &service.ArithRequest{A: 9, B: 2}
	var res service.ArithResponse
	emptyCtx := context.Background()
	valueCtx := context.WithValue(emptyCtx, rpc.BufferContextKey, make([]byte, 64))
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(valueCtx, time.Minute)
	defer cancel()
	err = conn.CallWithContext(ctx, "Arith.Multiply", req, &res)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("%d * %d = %d\n", req.A, req.B, res.Pro)
}

Output

9 * 2 = 18

License

This package is licensed under a MIT license (Copyright (c) 2019 Meng Huang)

Author

rpc was written by Meng Huang.