Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - SOAP Versus RESTful Web Services

The video tutorial explores the differences between SOAP and REST. SOAP is a protocol using XML for data exchange, while REST is an architectural style that supports multiple formats like JSON and XML. SOAP requires a WSDL for service definitions, whereas REST can use Swagger but doesn't mandate a standard. SOAP can use various transport protocols, while REST is optimized for HTTP. RESTful services are generally easier to implement due to their flexibility and JSON usage. The tutorial concludes with a summary of these differences.

What is the primary difference between SOAP and REST?

• SOAP is a protocol, while REST is an architectural style.

• SOAP is faster than REST.

• REST is only used for web services.

• SOAP uses JSON, while REST uses XML.

Which data format is most commonly used in RESTful services?

• CSV

• HTML

• JSON

• XML

What is the standard service definition language used by SOAP?

• Swagger

• WSDL

• Vadel

• OpenAPI

Which transport protocol is REST specifically designed to utilize?

• SMTP

• MQQ

• FTP

• HTTP

Why are RESTful services generally easier to implement than SOAP?

• They require less coding.

• They use a simpler data format like JSON.

• They do not need a service definition.

• They are faster to deploy.