When/how REST replaced SOAP

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  • GarciaPL
    New Member
    • Apr 2012
    • 6
    #1

    When/how REST replaced SOAP

    Hello,

    I am currently writing my thesis about IT technologies etc. etc. and I have one chapter where i compare REST and SOAP, but I can not find how and when (i mean some king of events in the past) REST started (mainly in Web) to replace SOAP as technology of web services.

    I would like to show you a graph in Google Insights for Search Tool :

    Google Insights for Search

    As you can see in 2008 there was some king of intersection number of keywords searche for rest api and soap api. So, i would like to rely on some sources (of coures I do not have them) or events/facts why this intersection may occured... event in the recent past.

    Do you get my point of view ? I know that could be quite unique approach to the topic, but i would like to explain of this soap and rest swap.

    PS. Sorry that i put this topic to XML section, but i can not find any similar section related with topic
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    • Dormilich
      Recognized Expert Expert
      • Aug 2008
      • 8694
      #2
      hm, IIRC SOAP and REST are not as compareable as you think. while SOAP (a protocol) is a remote service (something dynamic, you send data and get a result back), REST (a paradigm) is about states* (something static, you always get the same response out of a request).


      * - remember, HTTP is state-less

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        • GarciaPL
          New Member
          • Apr 2012
          • 6
          #3
          Yes, i know. But of you notice the web services in Web are generally built using REST and SOAP. So I am wondering which events have influenced the current state of affairs, I mean why there are so many REST services.

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            • Dormilich
              Recognized Expert Expert
              • Aug 2008
              • 8694
              #4
              SOAP is a protocol and as such tied to its specification. REST is a paradigm, you can implement it however you like.

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                • GarciaPL
                  New Member
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 6
                  #5
                  Yes, I know about it ;)

                  But look at this page : http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/Is-REST-Successful

                  there are some statistics about REST and SOAP, right ? I am wondering, which events in the past give that REST is now mainly in use in Web ;)

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                    • Dormilich
                      Recognized Expert Expert
                      • Aug 2008
                      • 8694
                      #6
                      isn’t that obvious from your source and my answer?

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                        • GarciaPL
                          New Member
                          • Apr 2012
                          • 6
                          #7
                          Yes, you are right, but i mean which companies started to implement their servies using REST. When was the change in the attitude of companies, change in approach to developing Web services ;)

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