Alpha and Beta APIs
List of current alpha and beta APIs
Alpha APIs
| Building block/API | gRPC | HTTP | Description | Documentation | Version introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Query State | Query State proto | v1.0-alpha1/state/statestore/query | The state query API enables you to retrieve, filter, and sort the key/value data stored in state store components. | Query State API | v1.5 |
| Distributed Lock | Lock proto | /v1.0-alpha1/lock | The distributed lock API enables you to take a lock on a resource. | Distributed Lock API | v1.8 |
| Cryptography | Crypto proto | v1.0-alpha1/crypto | The cryptography API enables you to perform high level cryptography operations for encrypting and decrypting messages. | Cryptography API | v1.11 |
| Streaming Subscription | Streaming Subscription proto | N/A | Subscription is defined in the application code. Streaming subscriptions are dynamic, meaning they allow for adding or removing subscriptions at runtime. | Streaming Subscription API | v1.14 |
| Conversation | Conversation proto | v1.0-alpha2/conversation | Converse between different large language models using the conversation API. | Conversation API | v1.15 |
| Actor App-Initiated Streams | SubscribeActorEventsAlpha1 proto | N/A | Actor hosts open a single bidirectional gRPC stream to daprd and receive all actor callbacks (invoke, reminder, timer, deactivate) over that connection. Apps do not need to expose a server port. | Actor app-initiated streams | v1.18 |
| Search | Search proto | v1.0-alpha1/search | Index, retrieve, and query documents in full-text search engines using the search API. | Search API | v1.19 |
| Vector | Vector proto | v1.0-alpha1/vector | Store pre-embedded vectors and run similarity queries using the vector API. | Vector API | v1.19 |
| Binary Store | Binary Store proto | v1.0-alpha1/binarystore | Store, retrieve, and delete files that are too large for a state store using the binary store API. | Binary Store API | v1.19 |
Beta APIs
No current beta APIs.
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Learn more about the Alpha, Beta, and Stable lifecycle stages.