REST Web Service and soapUI

Free Web Services - Herong's Tutorial Examples - Version 1.11, by Dr. Herong Yang

Free Web Services - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟REST Web Service and soapUI

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on REST Web service. Topics include what is REST (Representational State Transfer) Web service; using WADL (Web Application Description Language) to describe REST Web services; using soapUI 3.6.1 to perform tests for REST Web services.

What Is REST Web Service?

Hello REST Web Service

WADL (Web Application Description Language)

Loading WADL Documents into soapUI

Viewing REST Service Properties

Generating REST Test Requests

Submit REST Test Requests

Conclusions:

REST Web service is a simple Web service using the HTTP protocol and the principles of REST (Representational State Transfer).
WADL (Web Application Description Language) is an XML based language used to describe REST Web services.
soapUI 3.6.1 can validate and import REST Web services defined in WADL documents.
soapUI 3.6.1 can create and submit test requests for REST Web service servers.
Many REST Web services presented in this tutorial book were tested with soapUI.

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