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Re:API responses should be signed by akvadrako on Monday January 20, 2020 @07:10AM (#22098243)
The main problems with SOAP were practical problems - bad dev experience and inefficient, like almost everything XML.

But the goals of SOAP were not bad.

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Re:API responses should be signed by ljm on Monday January 20, 2020 @03:07PM (#22101710)
I hated it at first but once I realised the use-cases I changed my mind. When you have regulations telling you to keep hold of documents for 5+ years, and you want to digitise them, then communicating through signed XML documents is a pretty nice solution. The format is suitable.

I mean, we're not talking about Twitter searches or any such useless stuff. It's inter-bank transactions, direct debits, payment pre-authorisation, etc. Everything that you really do need a paper-trail for for years and years.

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