HTTP
HTTP
Zilla offers support for the following HTTP bindings:
Each binding serves a distinct purpose, enabling seamless integration, routing, and management of HTTP-based interactions.
HTTP Proxy
Zilla's HTTP Proxy acts as an intermediary by managing, routing, and validating traffic between clients and backend services.
Key Capabilities:
- Authentication.
- Advanced Request Routing.
- Schema Validation.
Use Cases:
- API Gateway: Acts as a centralized entry point for managing and routing API requests to other services.
HTTP Kafka Proxy
The HTTP Kafka Proxy enables REST APIs to interact with Kafka's event-driven architecture, simplifying the integration between HTTP clients and Kafka systems.
Key Capabilities:
- REST-to-Kafka Mapping: Translates REST API calls into Kafka messages.
- Correlated Request-Response: Ensures message consistency and traceability.
- Message Filtering: Filters Kafka messages for targeted delivery.
- Idempotency: Guarantees no duplicate processing of messages.
- Caching: Improves performance by caching frequently accessed data.
- AsyncAPI Specification Support.
Use Cases:
- Building event-driven REST APIs.
- Simplifying integration between HTTP and Kafka services.
- Delivering Kafka messages to large-scale consumer groups.
HTTP Filesystem
The HTTP Filesystem binding transforms Zilla into a versatile web server, enabling file serving and management directly from the filesystem. It’s ideal for scenarios requiring lightweight, configurable file hosting.
Key Capabilities:
- Configurable File Routing: Customizable paths for serving files.
- Static File Serving: Efficiently delivers static content.
- Filesystem operations support.