what is a soap opera code example
Example 1: what is soap
It has strict rule on how to send request and response.
Soap Request use XML format to send and receive response
Only method allowed in SOAP is POST
The content type is always xml
Body is enclosed in envelop like structure for example :
Sample Post request to turn number into word
POST https://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/NumberConversion.wso
Header : text/xml; charset=utf-8
Body :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<NumberToWords xmlns="http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/">
<ubiNum>123456789</ubiNum>
</NumberToWords>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
<soap:Body>
<m:NumberToWordsResponse xmlns:m="http://www.dataaccess.com/webservicesserver/">
<m:NumberToWordsResult>one hundred and twenty three million four hundred and fifty six thousand seven hundred and eighty nine </m:NumberToWordsResult>
</m:NumberToWordsResponse>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
Example 2: what is soap service
it stands for Simple Object Access Protocol.
Basically it's an xml based messaging protocol.
It helps in exchaging information among computers.