Re: Web-to-i Communications questions

On 1/20/14 9:42 AM, Koester, Michael wrote:

Given that this would not be for "public consumption" (i.e., only
targeted at the web site developed for the business) would that be a
problem? The web developer and I would agree on the spec, and it
would only change for a mutually agreed upon design change.

Well, that depends on whether you need to actively keep it private, but generally speaking, if you're not going to publish the web service, then there's even less reason to prefer SOAP over REST: SOAP's biggest strength is that it's highly standardized, and its biggest weakness is that if you have to parse or construct it yourself, without benefit of canned tools, it's a pain in the butt to deal with.

(That's not to say that some RESTful web services aren't also a pain in various portions of the anatomy, if you have to build your own tools to access them, but if you're in control of both sides of the conversation, REST gives you the freedom to design it strictly to fit your own needs, without having to bother with complex XML message structures.)
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JHHL