Question

I have a mathematical function that takes 3 real arguments and returns
6 real arguments. I want to let people publicly evaluate this function
on my Linux server.

I could create a webform with 3 ‘input type=”text”‘ boxes, but the
purest way to do this is using SOAP and REST, given my belief that
SOAP and REST are primarily protocols to evaluate functions over the
Internet (true)?

What’s the quickest path to create a SOAP and a REST server?

In other words, what converts a function into a SOAP server and a REST
server that evaluates that function?

Answer 1

I would use an HTTP Server to handle a request like the following:

GET /MyFunctionResult?arg1=10&arg2=20&arg3=30