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What is a “web service” in plain English?

I’ve been reading about “web services” here on SO, on Wikipedia, Google, etc., and I don’t quite understand what they are. What is ...

June 3, 2022
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Web service differences between REST and RPC

I have a web service that accepts JSON parameters and have specific URLs for methods, e.g.: http://IP:PORT/API/getAllData?p={JSON} This is definitely not REST as ...

June 3, 2022
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Difference between OData and REST web services

What is the difference between OData and REST-ful web services? 8 Answers 8

May 31, 2022
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What is the difference between XSD and WSDL?

What is the difference between an XML Schema and WSDL? The difference I noticed is that WSDL contains XSD and in WSDL we ...

May 31, 2022
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API vs. Webservice [closed]

As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, ...

May 29, 2022
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What is P99 latency?

What does P99 latency represent? I keep hearing about this in discussions about an application’s performance but couldn’t find a resource online that ...

May 22, 2022
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REST API 404: Bad URI, or Missing Resource?

I’m building a REST API, but I’ve encountered a problem. It seems that accepted practice in designing a REST API is that if ...

May 20, 2022
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Message Queue vs. Web Services? [closed]

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May 19, 2022
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How do I upload a file with metadata using a REST web service?

I have a REST web service that currently exposes this URL: http://server/data/media where users can POST the following JSON: { "Name": "Test", "Latitude": ...

May 19, 2022
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What is a web service endpoint?

Let’s say my web service is located at http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice and my WSDL is at http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice?wsdl. Is http://localhost:8080/foo/mywebservice an endpoint, i.e., is it the ...

May 13, 2022
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