What Is SOAP Web Service

This section describes SOAP Web services, which are implemented using the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol).

What is SOAP Web Service? A SOAP Web service is a Web service implemented using the SOAP protocol.

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a communication protocol that defines how a message should be constructed, transmitted from one node to another, and processed by each node as shown in the following diagram:

SOAP node          
 |
 | Construct an initial SOAP message
 | Bind the initial message for transmission
 | Transmit the initial message
 v
 ----------> SOAP node
              |  
              | Receive the initial message
              | Process some part of the initial message
              | Reconstruct an intermediate SOAP message
              | Bind the intermediate message for transmission
              | Transmit the intermediate message
              v
              ----------> SOAP node
                           |
                           | ...
                           v
                           ----------> SOAP node 
                                        |
                                        | Receive the final message
                                        | Process the final message
                                        v
                                        Done 

The current version of SOAP is SOAP 1.2 specification, which is divided into two parts.

SOAP part 1 defines the SOAP messaging framework, which contains the following key concepts:

SOAP part 2 defines a set of adjuncts that can be used to extend the SOAP messaging framework:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Python SOAP Client: Zeep

 SoapUI - Web Service Testing Tool

SOAP Web Service and SoapUI

What Is SOAP Web Service

 What Is WSDL Document

 A Sample WSDL 2.0 Document

 Creating SOAP Project with WSDL

 SOAP Project Interface Viewer

 SOAP Web Service Request Template

 Calling SOAP Web Service

 HTTP Request and Response Raw Data

 REST Web Service and SoapUI

 Mock Web Services - herongyang.com/Service

 "SoapResponder" and Web Service Test Tool

 "Calculator" for 4 Integer Operations

 DataFlex Web Service for Country Information

 LatLonListCityNames - Return Latitudes and Longitudes of US Cities

 LatLonListZipCode - Return Latitudes and Longitudes of US Zip Code

 TempConvert Web Service for Temperature Conversion

 NDFDgenByDay - US Weather Forecast by Day

 NDFDgen - US-Weather Forecast for a Single Location

 Currency Exchange Rate

 Bitcoin Blockchain Data API (or Explorer)

 flickr.interestingness.getList - Get Interesting Photos

 UUID/GUID Generator

 NumberToWords - Convert Number in Digits to Words

 TitleCaseWordsWithToken - Words to Title Case Format

 "PUG SOAP" Web Service for PubChem Database

 RSC - ChemSpider APIs

 Discontinued: Currency Converter by kowabunga.net

 Discontinued: GetCountries - Get All Countries and Territories

 Discontinued: GetCurrencies - Get Currencies from All Countries

 Discontinued: GetGMTbyCountry - Get GMT Information of a Given Country

 Discontinued: GetISD - Get ISD Phone Code of a Given Country

 Discontinued: GetCitiesByCountry - Get Cities by Country

 Discontinued: GetInfoByState - Get ZIP Codes of a Given US State

 Discontinued: GetAirportInformationByCountry - Get Airport Code by Country

 Discontinued: GetGeoIP - Get Country by IP Address

 Discontinued: ConvertTemp - Convert Temperature Unit

 Discontinued: ChangeLengthUnit - Convert Length Unit

 Discontinued: ConvertWeight - Convert Weight Unit

 Discontinued: ChangeAreaUnit - Convert Area Unit

 Discontinued: Code39 - Generate Bar Code Images in Code 39 Format

 Discontinued: GenerateBarCode - Generate Bar Code Images

 Discontinued: GetMortgagePayment - Calculate Mortgage Payment

 Discontinued: ConversionRate - Get Currency Exchange Rate

 Discontinued: GetQuote - Get Stock Quote

 Discontinued: GetSunSetRiseTime - Get Sunrise and Sunset Time

 Discontinued: GetWeatherByZipCode - Get Weather by ZIP Code in US

 Discontinued: getTime - Get the Current Time

 Discontinued: questionSearch - Search Yahoo! Questions and Answers

 Discontinued: Hotwire - Get Travel Ticker Deals

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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