Web services y api’s - SOAP vs REST

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A web service is...

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A resource that is available on the Internet and provides some functionality that other applications can use.

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What do web services allow?

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To exchange data over computer networks regardless of the language used in the applications.

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If an application uses web services, what can it do?

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It can combine many different functions without having to implement them all internally.

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Web services are fundamental to the architecture...

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SOA

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SOA architecture allows the reuse of the same function in many applications without the need to reimplement it.

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True

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API

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It is a software component that allows two unrelated applications to communicate.

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An API is an interface that can be used to program software that interacts with an existing application.

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True

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APIs are used for...

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Software integrations, as APIs expose some of the internal data and functionalities of an application for developers to use.

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APIs that send data over the Internet are called...

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Web APIs

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The most used architectures to implement APIs are...

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REST and SOAP