Ditto, i agree with Maximilian. If the only problem is the length of the
URL, then do a POST on REST. Since you are using SOAP, its already
evident that you are not using WEB BROWSER - hence the question of URL
length does not arise in the first place.
As far as the matter of SOAP not working with some Java libraries
automagically, we are porting the system to java and this will get done
during this process.
Best,
Syed
Maximilian Haussler wrote:
You can send the REST queries via HTTP POST, right? Then there is no limit
anymore.
It is nice if something is formally defined but I don't see why this by itself
constitutes any advantage for practical use (okok, no, I also don't want to get
into a SOAP vs. REST discussion, I have used SOAP once and then dropped it
forever and will definitely never use it again).
There are workflow tools in bioinformatics but the very large majority of
developers don't use them currently.
cheers
Max
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Richard Holland
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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]<mailto:[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
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