Build Your Own Fire Hose API with STREST - a New Protocol for Real-Time Data Streaming | Linux Today

Build Your Own Fire Hose API with STREST – a New Protocol for Real-Time Data Streaming

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2011

“STREST is a new open source protocol and server from Wiredset,
the company behind the real-time social media analytics service
Trendrr. STREST is HTTP-compatible and is designed for real-time
data streaming. Wiredset has released the protocol spec, a server
implementation and drivers in Java, Python and JavaScript.”


Complete Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.