What is SOAP in web services?

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and Representational State Transfer (REST) are two answers to the same question: how to access Web services. The choice initially may seem easy, but at times it can be surprisingly difficult. read more

Both SOAP web services and RESTful web services have proven their ability to meet the demands of the largest enterprise organizations in the world, while at the same time being able to service the smallest internet of things devices or embedded applications in production. read more

SOAP is a specification in the web services used for exchanging structured information. It uses XML information set for the format of its messages. However, it is dependent on other protocols such as the HTTP and SMTP for the negotiation and transmission of messages. Three characteristics of SOAP define its advantages. read more

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