Re^7: start over with SOAP in Perl?

I can use HTTP error codes for user/pass authentication, but plenty of web apps out there don't. That's what REST is--make full use of HTTP where it already has that functionality. Use custom code for everything else.

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Re^8: start over with SOAP in Perl? by exussum0 (Vicar) on Aug 31, 2006 at 19:49 UTC
Skip user auth. You're missing the broader problem. User auth is a narrower problem-answer pair. The broader problem you touched upon yourself. You have to use custom code for everything else. You could use the custom code to handle user auth, but yes, you CAN use HTTP's facilities. SOAP gets rid of that custom code for everything else. No XML parsers, no comma delimit parsers, no mime64, uuencoding or urlencoding data. The spec covers that for you and kits as well in some form.	[reply]

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Re^8: start over with SOAP in Perl?
by exussum0 (Vicar) on Aug 31, 2006 at 19:49 UTC

SOAP gets rid of that custom code for everything else. No XML parsers, no comma delimit parsers, no mime64, uuencoding or urlencoding data. The spec covers that for you and kits as well in some form.

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