Switch to gRPC API

[peburrows]

Once we have a decent http/2 client library & protocol buffer support added, we should switch to gRPC.

[peburrows]

Once River is ready, we'll use that as the basis for our gRPC support.

[barthez]

Hey @peburrows, have you thought about using https://github.com/ericmj/mint as HTTP/2 client?

[peburrows]

Mint was only recently released, but it's definitely an option. I haven't yet had the chance to look into it too deeply to know whether or not it would be a good fit, though.

[xingxing]

@peburrows our team have worked with https://github.com/elixir-grpc/grpc for both grpc server and client side, it does worked well for us.

[brianbowden]

It's a little disappointing that gRPC support is not yet present in Kane. I've been using Weddell for a while now with good results.

[peburrows]

@brianbowden yeah, I don't disagree; unfortunately, my priorities have just been elsewhere recently. This is still an issue I absolutely want to address, I just haven't really had the time.

That said, I'll look to dig into this in the near future. As always, contributions are also welcome.

[brianbowden]

@peburrows That said, I appreciate all the work you all have done! I use goth all the time. GitHub does not have a great way for showing appreciation other than Stars, haha.

[kentbull]

@brianbowden have you been able to get high transaction volumes through rapidly with Weddell? I'm seeing 1-3 second publishing delays and about 1.5 second pull delays. It's kind of crazy. I've got to be using it wrong 🤦🏻