Question

What is the difference between SOAP and REST web services?

Answer 1

No.	SOAP	REST
1)	SOAP is a protocol.	REST is an architectural style.
2)	SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol.	REST stands for Representational State Transfer.
3)	SOAP can't use REST because it is a protocol.	REST can use SOAP web services because it is a concept and can use any protocol like HTTP, SOAP.
4)	SOAP uses services interfaces to expose the business logic.	REST uses URI to expose business logic.
5)	SOAP defines standards to be strictly followed.	REST does not define too much standards like SOAP.
6)	SOAP permits XML data format only.	REST permits different data format such as Plain text, HTML, XML, JSON.