QUESTION 14 OF 30

Please discuss the pros and cons of REST vs. SOAP.

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"The key difference between REST and SOAP is that SOAP is an Object Access Protocol whereas REST is a State Transfer consisting of a set of architectural principles and is not a sanctioned protocol. SOAP requires more bandwidth than REST which doesn't need much bandwidth. Also, SOAP will only work with XML formats whereas REST can work with formats including plain text, XML, HTML, and JSON."

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