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 data exchange format used in SOAP?

• XML

• JSON

• HTML

• CSV

How does REST differ from SOAP in terms of data exchange formats?

• REST uses only XML

• REST can use multiple formats

• SOAP is more flexible

• REST does not use any format

Why is JSON considered the most popular data exchange format in REST?

What is WSDL and how is it related to SOAP?

What are some complexities associated with SOAP that are not present in REST?