Web Services

References: Web Service

Extensive list of web services

Examples
1. find the best rate of USD remission
2. Zip Code
key=eUhOTOJs9D2mcHU6SiL0CyMQvpJ3I3PqR2/fpRq4BOApWxzSzw7wD2FQ2mOmHEk+pq6iRBomQ4wuQl5EGOgfCitYgkQ3N4vl
3. Stock Quote

4. purchase a Hawaii tour with ait tkts, hotel, car rental and golf course

What is SOAP?

SOAP is the Simple Object Access Protocol. It is used for information exchange and RPC, usually (but not necessarily) over HTTP. More information can be found at:

Developmentor SOAP FAQ: http://www.soaprpc.com/faqs/SoapFAQ.html

W3C specifications: http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/

What is WSDL?

WSDL is the Web Service Description Language. It provides a formal description of a web service, much like CORBA's IDL. The WSDL file is all you need to know how to call the web service; toolkits can generate proxy code from a WSDL file directly. The official WSDL definition is at http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl.

Lab Web Services: Test drive a web service with XML.