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Google’s server-side Swift SDK uses NIO, HTTP/2 and gRPC

cloud.google.com by Karl Weinmeister, Carlos O'Ryan 6 min read Editor score 7/10

The new Cloud Swift SDK targets Swift 6.2+ and uses Swift NIO event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, and gRPC. It gives teams considering server-side Swift a concrete cloud client library and concurrency model to assess.

What
Google’s Server Side Cloud Swift SDK provides Swift 6.2+ client libraries for Google Cloud APIs.
How
It combines Swift NIO event loops, HTTP/2 multiplexing, and gRPC transport; requests use non-blocking sockets.
Why it matters
Non-blocking networking can serve multicore Linux environments without spawning system threads per connection.
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The Swift SDK routes Google Cloud API requests through its networking stack. Sketched from the article's own text.

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