In October 2015, Oracle Eloqua will officially end support for the SOAP API.
Why?
With our first RESTful API release back in 2010, we committed to building out a new generation of APIs to interact with Oracle Eloqua. REST is an architectural style that provides flexibility, semantic design, and a consistent way to interface with the desired resources. RESTful APIs also use the existing standards of the HTTP protocol, rather than the SOAP protocol, making it a great choice for web-based applications. Since 2010, we’ve continuously improved our RESTful APIs, while SOAP has remained in maintenance mode.
The time has come to announce to our development community that the future of our APIs lies with REST. Deprecating the SOAP API will protect our developers from the disappointment that may come from building code on technology that we are not investing in going forward.
What does this mean for developers?
Existing integrations built on the SOAP API will continue to function as usual until October 2015.
After October 2015, the SOAP API will not be altered, even upon the discovery of a defect. The support team will no longer provide assistance for SOAP API related issues.
Next steps:
Our current RESTful APIs (Application API, Bulk API, and the AppCloud Developer Framework) already provide most of the capabilities that are offered by the SOAP API. We are committed to closing any significant gaps before deprecation in October 2015.
Developers should begin migrating their code to one of the RESTful APIs as soon as possible.
What are the plans for Oracle Eloqua APIs going forward?
We are excited to announce that our commitment to an open platform continues to expand. We are in the process of building new versions of our existing RESTful APIs that will offer all of the existing functionality of the Oracle Eloqua APIs, as well as new capabilities that have not been previously offered.
A new and improved documentation site was also recently launched, which will be the home for all of our API documentation going forward. Find it HERE.
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