May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
378 pages
10h 14m
English
The advantages of SOAP and REST are given in the following table:
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SOAP advantages |
REST advantages |
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Platform, language, and transport independence |
No expensive tools are required to interact with the web service |
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Better support for distributed enterprise environments |
Smaller learning curve |
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Better standardization |
Efficient (SOAP uses XML for all messages, REST can use smaller message formats) |
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Significant pre-built extensibility sing WS* standards |
Fast (no extensive processing required) |
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Built-in error handling |
Closer to other web technologies in design philosophy |
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More automation with certain languages |
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