Trying to understand SOAP over HTTP

[Anders S. Willumsen]

Can anyone explain to me how SOAP can be send and received over HTTP?

As I understand it there are tree ways:

HTTP/SOAP
HTTP POST
HTTP GET

I know about POST (data in headers) and GET (data in URL) but I can't figure
out what the difference is between HTTP/SOAP and HTTP POST.

When I look at the headers/text when using IE hitting a asmx-page or a .net
app hitting a web service I really can't see any difference.

Is there only HTTP/POST and HTTP/GET when communicating with a WS?

Thanks

 

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

HttpPost and HttpGet are not SOAP. They were added for demo and development
purposes.

the queries are not encoded into SOAP envelopes. the data is passed in the
URL (for GET) or as params (for POST). it's nice for debugging but it isn't
soap.

be sure to also read
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815150

-D