Re:Protobuf-py: Protobuf for Python, without compromises
by bufbuild on Monday July 13, 2026 @11:13AM
(#48893960)
> No clear and easy way to use it with HTTP/1.1. Neither is specific to Python.
> It seems like Google focused on gRPC, but the real prize for adoption would've been going after the simple HTTP+JSON use cases. Like an official protobuf Express middleware.
We'd flag https://connectrpc.com for you :-) HTTP/1.1 out of the box, switches on Content-Type between binary and JSON, and fully-compatible with gRPC. cURL with JSON just works.
> It seems like Google focused on gRPC, but the real prize for adoption would've been going after the simple HTTP+JSON use cases. Like an official protobuf Express middleware.
We'd flag https://connectrpc.com for you :-) HTTP/1.1 out of the box, switches on Content-Type between binary and JSON, and fully-compatible with gRPC. cURL with JSON just works.