Binary Protocol

High-performance binary protocol with MessagePack encoding.

13.2x

Faster reads

4.4x

Faster queries

3.7x

Faster writes

Why Binary Protocol?

Persistent Connections

Unlike HTTP which creates a new connection for each request, binary protocol maintains a persistent TCP connection, eliminating handshake overhead.

MessagePack Encoding

Data is serialized using MessagePack, a binary format that's more compact and faster to parse than JSON.

Lower Latency

Binary protocol has median latency of 0.05ms compared to 0.66ms for HTTP/REST.

Usage with Official Clients

The binary protocol is automatically used when you install our official client libraries. No configuration needed!

JavaScript

const NexaClient = require('nexaclient');

const db = new NexaClient({
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 6970,  // Binary protocol port
  username: 'root',
  password: 'nexadb123'
});

await db.connect();
// All operations use binary protocol
const user = await db.create('users', {
  name: 'Alice',
  email: 'alice@example.com'
});

Python

from nexaclient import NexaClient

with NexaClient(
    host='localhost',
    port=6970,  # Binary protocol port
    username='root',
    password='nexadb123'
) as db:
    # All operations use binary protocol
    user = db.create('users', {
        'name': 'Alice',
        'email': 'alice@example.com'
    })

Benchmark Results

Based on 100,000 operations comparing Binary Protocol vs HTTP/REST:

→READ: 13.2x faster (0.05ms vs 0.66ms)
→QUERY: 4.4x faster
→CREATE: 3.7x faster