Turning a SOAP Web Service into a REST API

Tutorial··4 min 10 sec

Point DreamFactory at a SOAP WSDL and it generates REST endpoints automatically, letting modern clients consume a legacy SOAP service without a rewrite or a hand-built translation layer.

Recorded in 2016. The concepts still apply, but the interface shown predates the current DreamFactory release. Some steps may differ in the current release.

What you’ll learn

  • Generating REST endpoints from a SOAP WSDL
  • Letting modern clients consume a legacy SOAP service
  • Avoiding a hand-built SOAP-to-REST translation layer

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