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.. _section-http-and-grpc-api:

HTTP/REST and GRPC API
======================

The Triton Inference Server exposes both HTTP/REST and GRPC endpoints
based on `KFServing standard inference protocols
<https://github.com/kubeflow/kfserving/tree/master/docs/predict-api/v2>`_
that have been proposed by the `KFServing project
<https://github.com/kubeflow/kfserving>`_. To fully enable all
capabilities Triton also implements a number `HTTP/REST and GRPC
extensions
<https://github.com/triton-inference-server/server/tree/master/docs/protocol>`_
to the KFServing inference protocol.

The HTTP/REST and GRPC protcols provide endpoints to check server and
model health, metadata and statistics. Additional endpoints allow
model loading and unloading, and inferencing. See the KFServing and
extension documentation for details.