SOAP vs REST: Direct comparison of SOAP and REST are not possible because the SOAP is a protocol and REST an architectural style. It is not correct to call REST any HTTP API that isn’t SOAP. Most important difference between SOAP and REST is the way of coupling between client and server. A SOAP client … Read more
RESTful web services: REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. Unlike SOAP it is a web standards based architecture and not protocol. It uses HTTP protocol for data communication. REST provides the facility to represent a resource in various formats like text, JSON and XML. Note: JSON is the most popular format. Web services represents the … Read more
SOAP web services: SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. It is used to transfer the data. It is a XML-based messaging-layer protocol. SOAP can be used in combination with a variety of transport protocols like HTTP, SMTP, and JMS etc. Note: SOAP is part of the set of standards specified by the W3C. SOAP … Read more