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New To NetSuite | Pre-requisites to Setup SOAP and REST Web Services
What are SOAP and REST and what are they used for? According to SuiteAnswers, The SOAP web services platform provides programmatic access to your NetSuite data and business processes through an XML-based application programming interface (API). Meanwhile, The NetSuite REST web services provide an integration channel that extends the capabilities of SuiteTalk. REST web services provide a REST-based interface for interacting with NetSuite.
In both features, you can perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) Operations in NetSuite using third-party applications. To start working with either SOAP or REST, you must perform the following:
Enable SuiteTalk Feature
1. Go to Setup
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