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soap · the enterprise legacy

RestaVSThe 401 Bandit
Resta saysSOAP is the heavyweight XML-based protocol still found in enterprise and legacy systems.

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) predates REST: strict XML envelopes, a WSDL contract file, built-in standards for security and transactions (WS-*). It's verbose and rigid but rigorous — which is why banking, telecom, and government systems still run it. You'll rarely build new SOAP, but you may need to integrate with it.

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Example code

<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body style="background:#06040d;color:#e6e0ff;font-family:monospace;padding:20px"><pre>&lt;soap:Envelope&gt;
  &lt;soap:Body&gt;
    &lt;getUser&gt;&lt;id&gt;42&lt;/id&gt;&lt;/getUser&gt;
  &lt;/soap:Body&gt;
&lt;/soap:Envelope&gt;</pre></body></html>
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