Thanks Robert, I'll look into your tips tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
I actually need to provide the web service. I would like to use REST, but my web service must fit the signature above. The client that wants to consume this web service uses SOAP. I've had no problem consuming SOAP webservices...but need to figure out how to provide one with that signature (or if there is a way in REST to match that signature). Thanks Robert Walker wrote: > Ryan Leary wrote: >> To clear things up: >> >> I do not know where to get started making this SOAP web service in Rails. >> I'm looking for some preliminary advice or a tutorial on creating a soap >> webservice in rails. I know I should be moving to REST, but a platform >> our system must interact with uses SOAP and I absolutely must support >> this call. > > I'm a little confused; Are you wanting to provide the web service or > consume an existing web service. > > If it's the former then I would recommend forgetting about SOAP and > implement a REST web service for your client. Basically just build a > Rails application the normal Rails 2.x way by providing the proper > response formats for exposing actions as web services. > > If it's the later, and the service you're trying to consume is a SOAP > service, then you stuck and have to use SOAP. > > I'm guessing what your showing there is likely an existing web service, > probably written in Java, since most Java people haven't yet figured out > that REST is the future of web services. > > If my assumption is correct then take a look here: > http://github.com/datanoise/actionwebservice/tree/master > > I have not used this, but this question keeps getting posted > over-and-over and this is the canned answer to the "I need SOAP web > services" question. However, if you ever get deep into SOAP you'll > quickly begin to realize why it is so far off the radar of typical Rails > developers. > > Also, just so you know, I'm forced to deal with SOAP on an almost daily > basis (in Java) so I'm not speaking from inexperience. > > P.S. Since the the original acronym for SOAP complete fell apart over > the years, I propose we redefine SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) as > (Supremely Over-engineered Abstraction Protocol). -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
