Should I be using REST or SOAP UI for testing?

Question

I am testing a new webservice that is receiving messages from an application and responding with messages with specific information. The webservice then uses this information to create new messages for downstream systems. I need to know the best way I can test this using the Ready API tool, we just got a pro license. Is it SOAP or REST I need to use. Ideally I want to simply copy my application messages in to the tool, call the webservice and get the response, which I can then check is the correct response for the test

Answer 1

To find your web-service is SOAP or REST.

Please check whether your web service has WSDL to verify it has SOAP web-service, you can get your web-service's WSDL by post-fixing WSDL with your web service url.

Eg: http://{yourservice-url/path1}?WSDL

If your service don't provide WSDL from the above URL, then your web-service is REST.