JSON RPC Endpoints

What is JSON-RPC used for?

JSON-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol encoded in JSON. It enables the communication between distributed systems, often found in microservices architectures. JSON-RPC is a lightweight, language-agnostic protocol that allows developers to build scalable applications with low-latency communication between services. With its simplicity and support for multiple programming languages, JSON-RPC offers an accessible and flexible tool for building distributed systems.

JSON-RPC in Frietor Chains

JSON-RPC is implemented in Frietor as an API consensus.

When a client makes a remote procedure call to the server, the JSON-RPC protocol abstracts the details of network communication, serialization, and deserialization. The JSON-RPC client sends a request message to the JSON-RPC server, which deserializes the request message, executes the appropriate method, and serializes the response message. The JSON-RPC server then sends the response message back to the client, which deserializes the response message and returns the result to the caller.