# Can I create web services using RoR?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-create-web-services-using-ror/144982>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 4, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-create-web-services-using-ror/144982 "2008-08-04T23:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Carneiro\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pedro\_Carneiro\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Pedro_Carneiro_Jr)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-create-web-services-using-ror/144982/1 "2008-08-04T23:35:43Z")

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Can I create web services using RoR?

[]s,  
Pedro.

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**Author:** ![Pedro\_Carneiro\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pedro\_Carneiro\_Jr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Pedro_Carneiro_Jr)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/can-i-create-web-services-using-ror/144982/2 "2008-08-04T23:47:26Z")

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On Aug 4, 4:25 pm, “Pedro Carneiro Jr.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Can I create web services using RoR?

Rails is great for REST web services, not so great for SOAP (which I  
wouldn’t recommend with any framework 🙂 but it is possible with the  
ActionWebServices plugin.

More specific questions would lead to more specific answers 🙂

Jeff  
[http://www.purpleworkshops.com/workshops/rest-and-web-services](http://www.purpleworkshops.com/workshops/rest-and-web-services)