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Difference between RESTful and Soap Web Services?

Difference between RESTful and Soap Web Services?



RESTfull API
SOAP Web Services API
"REST" stands for Representational State Transfer.
SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol.
REST API is not a protocol and it does not follow W3C standards.
SOAP is a protocol which follows W3C standards.
REST is an architecture. It is lightweight.
SOAP is a protocol.
In REST service, we will use standard HTTP methods to access the resources which are GET, POST, DELETE, PUT.
SOAP has a set of standards to send messages. SOAP uses a set of standards like Header, Protocol. Due to this performance issues may come.


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a. What is the difference between RESTful and Soap Web Services?

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