Metadata

Getting Endpoint information and Metadata

Once the physical address of a Service Provider is known, a Service Consumer may request Endpoint information and Metadata by using MetadataService.GetMetadata().

Note

• MetadataService is a gRPC service

• GetMetadata can be used to verify correctness of a Hello or SearchRequest conveyed over an unsecured channel in Ad hoc Mode

sequenceDiagram Service Consumer->>+Service Provider: MetadataService.GetMetadata(GetMetadataRequest) Service Provider-->>-Service Consumer: GetMetadataResponse