REST is only suitable for queries with a small number of filters or attributes that can fit within the maximum length of an HTTP URL. It is also unsuitable where large numbers of values need to be specified in a filter, e.g. by uploading a file of IDs. SOAP solves both these problems and has the added bonus of being formally defined therefore much easier to generate automatic interfaces to - that is, if it validates! :)
cheers, Richard On 22 Mar 2010, at 11:05, Joachim Baran wrote: > Hi! > > On 22 March 2010 10:33, Michael Dondrup <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like to second Pierre in asking for improving the interoperability >> of the BioMart SOAP interface. > Is it not simpler to use the RESTful interface? I mean, you basically > send just a single string to the mart that describes the filters and > attributes of your mart-query, and you directly get the result back. > > BW, > Joachim > > -- > B.1079 Michael Smith Building > Faculty of Life Sciences > The University of Manchester > Oxford Road > Manchester > M13 9PT > United Kingdom -- Richard Holland, BSc MBCS Operations and Delivery Director, Eagle Genomics Ltd T: +44 (0)1223 654481 ext 3 | E: [email protected] http://www.eaglegenomics.com/
