Can I use REST Principles in SOAP Services?

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A very Good Morning.

I have a web application, where user enter the data and it is stored in my local database (MySQL). I have a SOAP Webservice provided by my customer. I heard REST is new and very reliable and easy to understand. Now my question is I want to use REST Principles with my Customer's SOAP webservices to transfer the data from MySQL to their webservice. Can anyone in here help me out in understanding how to start? I have read about REST Principles and how they work. But Programmatically I have no clue how to start the whole idea (I am new to Dotnet).

Posted 29-Dec-14 4:22am

sudevsu

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Doug Vanderweide · Answer 1 · 2014-12-29T04:35:00

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You could use REST principles with SOAP, but there's no need to do so.

SOAP provides a means to access specific object methods and properties through XML. REST allows you to specify what to do with an object's methods or properties based on the verb of the request you're making.

So you could build a SOAP service that says, "Here is an envelope that passes some data to a given object, but does not specify a method. Instead, if the request verb is PUT, then set the value of the specified property. If it's GET, then get the value of the property." etc., etc.

But that's kinda silly. You're already encumbering the overhead of processing an XML document when you build a SOAP service. What's the harm in one more node, that explicitly calls the required method?

Although, I suppose, if you wanted to be super-duper sure your client requests are calling the right thing, you could check the request verb and make sure it matches the method in the SOAP request.

Posted 29-Dec-14 4:35am

Doug Vanderweide

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sudevsu 29-Dec-14 10:55am

Thank you Doug. So you mean to say "when you can directly go in one step, why you need to take two steps?". Is this what you exactly mean?

Doug Vanderweide 29-Dec-14 15:05pm

Yes.

sudevsu 29-Dec-14 15:29pm

Got It. Thank you

sudevsu 29-Dec-14 11:14am

http://apps.test.tire-hq.com/thq/services
This is my webservice that I want to Consume. So when I add this to my solution using Add web reference, It throws me an error. Can you tell me why.

Doug Vanderweide 29-Dec-14 15:06pm

Not without knowing what error message you get, no.

sudevsu 29-Dec-14 15:29pm

I am sorry. I thought I pasted the Error. Anyway, when I Open http://apps.test.tire-hq.com/thq/services.asmx
I get log in and password. So unless I login I will not be able to check the methods in web service? If Yes, how to login and get the methods?

sudevsu 29-Dec-14 15:30pm

I Mean program to pass login credentials and see the methods in that web service

Doug Vanderweide 29-Dec-14 16:24pm

When you include a Web Service by reference in a .NET project, and it requires authentication, you generally pass the authentication using the System.Net.NetworkCredential class.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms154673.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/71b57yke(v=vs.110).aspx