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title: "When would you prefer a SOAP API and when would you use REST API?"  
description: "When would you prefer a SOAP API and when would you use REST API?"  
author: "Ashutosh Patel"  
published: 2025-11-04  
updated: 2025-11-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116045/when-would-you-prefer-a-soap-api-and-when-would-you-use-rest-api  
category: "application"  
tags: ["api", "soap"]  

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# When would you prefer a SOAP API and when would you use REST API?


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