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SOAP always seemed to mostly work then if something did fail it was an utter nightmare to work out what the problem was - WSDL really was...

SOAP always seemed to mostly work then if something did fail it was an utter nightmare to work out what the problem was - WSDL really wasn't much fun to read. Whereas when REST APIs came out (using JSON or XML) they were much easier to dive into at the command line with curl and work out how to get things started and diagnose problems when they inevitably came up.

Posted by arethuza on Mar 5, 2026, 8:49 AM

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SOAP always seemed to mostly work then if something did fail it was an utter nightmare to work out what the problem was - WSDL really was...

arethuzaMar 5, 2026, 8:49 AM

SOAP always seemed to mostly work then if something did fail it was an utter nightmare to work out what the problem was - WSDL really wasn't much fun to read. Whereas when REST APIs came out (using JSON or XML) they were much easier to dive into at the command line with curl and work out how to get things started and diagnose problems when they inevitably came up.

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