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Working with SOAP

Unlike REST, which is an architectural style, SOAP is a protocol. It is perhaps reasonable to compare working with SOAP to importing a .NET assembly (DLL) to work with the types inside. As a result, a SOAP client is much more strongly tied to a server than is the case with a REST interface.

SOAP uses XML to exchange information between the client and server.

Finding a SOAP service

SOAP-based web APIs have become quite rare, less popular by far than REST. The examples in this section are based on a simple SOAP service written for this book.

The service is available on GitHub as a Visual Studio solution. The solution is also available in the GitHub repository containing the code examples used in this chapter: https://github.com/indented-automation/SimpleSOAP.

The solution should be downloaded, opened in Visual Studio (2015 or 2017, Community Edition or better), and debugging should be started by pressing F5. A browser page will be opened, which...

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Chris Dent is an automation specialist with deep expertise in the PowerShell language. Chris is often found answering questions about PowerShell in both the UK and virtual PowerShell user groups. Chris has been developing in PowerShell since 2007 and has released several modules over the years.
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