SOAP API & REST API IN SALESFORCE
Features SOAP API REST API
SOAP API has
official standards REST API has no official standards because it’s an
Standard because it’s a architectural style of coding and tags.
protocol.
SOAP only operates
Standard with HTTP and XML REST API uses multiple standards, such as URL and HTTP
standards
SOAP uses a
different interface to
perform operations REST accesses data through a consistent interface with
Functionality through a names of resources
standardized set of
messaging patterns
SOAP API uses
Business REST API uses a URL interface like @path(“
service interfaces like
logic /CricketService“)
@WebService
SOAP uses XML to
create a payload that
Bandwidth results in large file
REST API takes up little bandwidth and resources
sizes
SOAP API uses Web
Services Description REST API uses Web Application Description Language to
Language language to describe describe service.
service
Rules for SOAP are
very important
because we can’t
Rules reach any level of
REST is more flexible but it also requires standardization.
standardization
without them
Performance SOAP-based reads REST has better performance and scalability. REST reads
and Scalability cannot be cached. can be cached.
SOAP is more
secure and uses WS-
Security Security for REST is less secure than SOAP API.
enterprise-level
security.
SOAP provides
asynchronous
Reliable processing and a Rest doesn’t have a standard messaging system and the
Messaging guaranteed level of client has to handle reliability.
reliability and
security.
If we need ACID in
Atomic
the transaction, we REST API does not support ACID.
Transaction have to use SOAP API
It supports XML
Data Format data message
It supports JSON data.
SOAP API →
• SOAP APIs were widely used during this time to enable interoperability
between applications running on different platforms and written in
different programming languages.
• SOAP APIs were particularly popular in enterprise applications, where
they were used to expose functionality in a standardized, secure, and\
reliable way.
• However, with the emergence of RESTful APIs, which are simpler, more
flexible, and more efficient than SOAP APIs, their usage has declined in
recent years.
• SOAP is designed to be platform and language independent, making it
well suited for integration with a variety of systems. It uses a standard
format for sending and receiving messages, allowing for a common
method of communication between different systems.
• SOAP defines a set of rules for structuring messages and exchanging data
over the internet.
• It uses a combination of XML and HTTP to send and receive messages,
making it independent of the underlying transport protocol.
• SOAP messages can be sent over a variety of transport protocols,
including HTTP, SMTP, and TCP.
REST API→
• REST is an acronym for Representational State Transfer.
• It’s an architectural style that specifies guidelines for creating loosely
linked apps that communicate via the HTTP protocol.
• REST does not provide how to put the ideas into practice at a lower level.
• Instead, the REST principles allow developers to customize the details to
their specific requirements.
• Also, RESTful web services are online services that follow the REST
architectural paradigm.
• A Restful service will use the standard HTTP verbs GET, POST, PLACE, and
DELETE to interact with the required components. REST uses XML, JSON
(JavaScript Object Notation), or plain text for all requests and responses.
• It is faster than SOAP because JSON (lightweight) is utilized in the
request/payload.
