[rabbitmq-discuss] AMQP-RPC vs REST

[Alexis Richardson]

On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Mark <static.void.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> For messaging and asych processing AMQP seeming to fit really well. For sync
> processing though it seems like using simple HTTP to a RESTful service would
> be easier than RPC over AMQP

"It depends" :-)

I don't think you can use words like "simple" without qualifying them
by a use case.

What if the backend service doesn't expose HTTP, or does not benefit
from direct access by clients?





> (http://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/tutorial-six-python.html) Just wondering
> how many of you out there are using AMQP when it comes to RPC and/or
> connecting services.
>
> On Oct 29, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Alexis Richardson <alexis at rabbitmq.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Mark <static.void.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It seems to me that AMQP-RPC may be a bit overkill these days when when one
> could simply use REST and JSON. Thoughts?
>
>
> Not sure what you mean?
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