# Activewebservice and RoR 2.2.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activewebservice-and-ror-2-2-2/156092>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 20, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activewebservice-and-ror-2-2-2/156092 "2008-12-20T12:57:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activewebservice-and-ror-2-2-2/156092/1 "2008-12-20T12:57:36Z")

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While I’m thrilled about REST, I still need to interface with the real  
world, and SOAP is unfortunately a necessary API interface for my  
upcoming application.

What is the status of Activewebservice? Are people using it still? I  
see on github that there is a version that SORT of works with RoR  
2.2.2 (my API works there anyway) but there are some buglets in it –  
the first API call always fails, and every following call works. I  
have as part of my deploy script a small script that just calls an  
(unpublished but harmless) dummy function to “wake up” the API.  
Gross, and likely problematic once it is used by more than one person.

I know the RoR developers have chosen REST, and I agree it is easier,  
but what of those who have to interface with real-world applications  
where we simply cannot dictate an API?

–Michael

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**Author:** ![mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@mgreenly](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mgreenly)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activewebservice-and-ror-2-2-2/156092/2 "2008-12-20T13:09:55Z")

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On Dec 20, 11:56 am, “Michael G.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Gross, and likely problematic once it is used by more than one person.

Well there’s the datanoise-actionwebservice thingy. Personally I’m  
still using the actionwebservice that I pulled out of rails 1.2.6. I  
don’t use it very heavily but it does still basically work.

Fred