Links and pointers to basics of soap and suds

[John Nagle]

On 12/15/2010 5:14 AM, Steve Holden wrote:
> On 12/15/2010 7:38 AM, srinivas hn wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am very new to the soap and its python client suds. Can anyone tell me
>> how the actual will happens i nthe webservices including suds and soap API.
>>
> That's a bit like saying "I need to go around the corner. Would you mind
> teaching me to drive?".
>
> Google for phrases like "web services architecture" and "SOAP WSDL" to
> get some idea of how these technologies are put together. This assumes,
> of course, that you already possess a fair idea of how the web is put
> together.
>
> regards
>   Steve

    The "suds" module is a quite good client for well-written SOAP
servers.  Basically, it's a system for making a remote procedure call
to a service on another machine.  The "suds" module is quite easy
to use if the service you're calling already exists, has a
correct WSDL file describing the interface, and the documentation
for users of the interface is correct.  I use it to talk to
Dun and Bradstreet's business database, for which it works quite well.

    Most simpler web services today tend to just encode queries
in the URL and send back not-too-strict XML or JSON.  This is
called a "REST" interface.

					John Nagle