SOAP vs REST. What’s the Difference?
REST versus SOAP. It’s been an issue for a while now. And really, they’re just two answers to the same question: how to access web services. But deciding one over the other can be surprisingly difficult. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a standards-based web services access protocol that has been around for a long time. Originally developed by Microsoft, SOAP isn’t as simple as the acronym would suggest. REST (Representational State Transfer) is another standard, made