1. HTTP Communication: Microservices often communicate through the HTTP protocol, which allows them to interact with each other using standard HTTP methods like 'GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. ' This 'RESTful API' communication ensures decoupled services and platform independence.
There are two basic messaging patterns that microservices can use to communicate with other microservices.- Synchronous communication. In this pattern, a service calls an API that another service exposes, using a protocol such as HTTP or gRPC.
- Asynchronous message passing.
In a distributed system, multiple microservices communicate with each other. One failed microservice must not cause cascading failures to other microservices and bring down the entire system. A microservice needs to handle failures gracefully, recovering the last state before the failure and restarting successfully.
The most common type is single-receiver communication with a synchronous protocol like HTTP/HTTPS when invoking a regular Web API HTTP service. Microservices also typically use messaging protocols for asynchronous communication between microservices.
The most common type is single-receiver communication with a synchronous protocol like HTTP/HTTPS when invoking a regular Web API HTTP service. Microservices also typically use messaging protocols for asynchronous communication between microservices.