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SFDC_DevloperSFDC_Devloper 

Web Services in Salesforce

Hi All,

  I am very new to Web services .Which is commanly using web services in Salesforce(SOAP,REST..etc)?

  Can any one provide me meterial for the Webservices.

Thanks,
Rockzz
pradeep naredlapradeep naredla
hi,
    In most of the cases we are now using REST api and in some cases it is mandatory to use soap api check the below links you will gwt good idea...
https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/api_rest.pdf
http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api/apex_api.pdf
Vinit_KumarVinit_Kumar
It all depends upon requirement as what you want to achieve.

If it is for light weight application we prefer REST as REST is light and we can construct the request as per our requirement.

SOAP is heavy and it has a predefined structure(Envelope,header,body),however it is more secure as you can sign the request with digital certs and it requires User name/password combination to make the call.

As per the docs,you can go to the Integration docs of salesforce.It has got all the docs required you to learn about Webservices in salesforce at the below link :-

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs?utf8=%E2%9C%93&select_subject%5B%5D=All+Services&select_type=Integration&filter_text=&commit=FILTER+RESULTS

Hope this helps !!