Comparative Review of Selected Internet Communication Protocols

• Autorzy: Kamiński Łukasz , Kozłowski Maciej , Sporysz Daniel , Wolska Katarzyna , Zaniewski Patryk , Roszczyk Radosław

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DOI

10.2478/fcds-2023-0003

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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With a large variety of communication methods and protocols, many software architects face the problem of choosing the best way for services to share information. For communication technology to be functional and practical, it should enable developers to define a complete set of CRUD methods for the processed data. The research team compared this paper’s most commonly used data transfer protocols and concepts: REST, WebSocket, gRPC GraphQL and SOAP. A set of web servers was implemented in Python, each using one of the examined technologies. Then, the team performed an automated benchmark measuring time and data transfer overhead for a set of defined operations: creating an entity, retrieving a list of 100 entities and fetching details of one entity. Tests were designed to avoid the results being interfered with by database connection or docker-compose environment characteristics. The research team has concluded that gRPC was the most efficient and reliable data transfer method. On the other hand, GraphQL turned out to be the slowest communication method of all. Moreover, its server and client libraries caused the most problems with proper usage in a web server. SOAP did not participate in benchmarking due to limited compatibility with Python and a lack of popularity in modern web solutions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

REST; gRPC; websockets; GraphQL; Internet communication protocol

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej
• Czasopismo: Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 48, No. 1
• Strony: 39--56
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kamiński Łukasz

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Kozłowski Maciej

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Sporysz Daniel

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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Wolska Katarzyna

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Zaniewski Patryk

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

autor

Roszczyk Radosław

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).