When we are talking about REST and SOAP, people (developers, actually) will immediately associate REST with JSON, and SOAP with XML. While this is not wrong, it's not completely true, since REST also support XML. read more
Sending REST data is like you’re sending post card from you vacation to your uncle, while sending SOAP data is more like you’re sending a cheque enclosed in envelope to your mother :) So, if we’re talking about security, then SOAP based web service is more useful than REST. read more
While the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) has been the dominant approach to web service interfaces for a long time, REST (Representational State Transfer) is quickly winning out and now represents over 70% of public APIs. read more
REST vs. SOAP. There are significant differences between SOAP and RESTful web services. The bullets below break down the features of each web service based on personal experience. REST. RESTful web services are stateless. You can test this condition by restarting the server and checking if interactions survive. read more