Introduction > Protocols: SOAP & REST

The services can be accessed via SOAP or a more REST-like interface. But always the exchange format is XML. The object structure is described in the rest of the document.

SOAP

For SOAP two binding types are supported: rpc and document

The rpc bindings don't have a special suffix (e.g. MobikatStreetNetworkComputationsWS) and the document bindings have the suffix "Doc" (e.g, MobikatStreetNetworkComputationsWSDoc)

REST

For each service port a separate sub-URL has been defined for the REST services. This sub-URL display some help information on a GET request.

The methods are again separate sub-URLs. They also display some help information on a GET request. To call a method, do a POST request to this method containing an approbate XML document.