# How we built it: gRPC support

I recently invited some of our development team to a livestream event to discuss how Postman introduced [gRPC support](https://blog.postman.com/postman-now-supports-grpc/) earlier this year. I got to speak with Postman Technical Lead [Josh Wise](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-wise-81a939139/) and Postman Design Engineer [Shobhit Katikia](https://twitter.com/shobhit_katikia).

## How is gRPC support different from HTTP-based APIs?

 The [gRPC](https://blog.postman.com/what-is-grpc/) protocol is a binary-only protocol that is heavily used in internal-facing microservices. It supports streamed data from the client or from the server, structured data payloads, or a combination of mixed streamed data and structured data at the same time. It is sought after for low-latency applications and high performance, and is more efficient than HTTP-based APIs. ## Upcoming changes

 Some of my favorite segments on livestream events are when I get to tell people about new product releases we’ve had over the past week or two. In this video with Josh and Shobhit, we actually got a sneak peek into an upcoming Postman release. Josh and Shobhit were able to demo some UI changes and discuss exciting changes to the [API client](https://www.postman.com/api-platform/api-client/), and they shared how adding gRPC support in Postman helped to redefine the direction of some of our engineering efforts. ## Highlights

- [What is gRPC?](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=300)
- [How do we use gRPC in Postman?](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=1065)
- [You can design gRPC APIs in Postman, too](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=1607)
- [How the team built the new mock server infrastructure](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=2862)
 
## Sneak peeks

- [Mock server support for gRPC](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=2260) and how it’s influencing more mock server changes in Postman
- [Using “seed” data to regenerate “pseudo-random” content](https://youtu.be/XaryQIjm4h0?t=2510)
 
## Watch the full livestream

## Learn more about gRPC support

 If you’re excited to get started with gRPC, here are some links to documentation. - [Postman Labs documentation for gRPC support](https://learning.postman.com/docs/sending-requests/grpc/grpc-client-overview/)
- [July 2022 blog post about latest gRPC updates](https://blog.postman.com/latest-advancements-to-postmans-grpc-support/)
 
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