HTTP Status 504

I’m getting the following error when my win32 (c#) app is calling web services. I understand ‘I think’ that this is because the upstream request does not get a response in a timely fashion. But my question is this? How do I change the app.config settings in my win32 application to allow more time to … Read more

What is the difference between a URI, a URL and a URN?

From RFC 3986: A URI can be further classified as a locator, a name, or both. The term “Uniform Resource Locator” (URL) refers to the subset of URIs that, in addition to identifying a resource, provide a means of locating the resource by describing its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network “location”). The term “Uniform … Read more

SOAP vs REST (differences)

Unfortunately, there are a lot of misinformation and misconceptions around REST. Not only your question and the answer by @cmd reflect those, but most of the questions and answers related to the subject on Stack Overflow. SOAP and REST can’t be compared directly, since the first is a protocol (or at least tries to be) … Read more