Making requests
This chapter describes how to interact with the Alexa Top Sites Web Service, how to authenticate and send requests, and how to understand responses. There are two types of requests that can be use with the web service; Query and SOAP.
Making Query Requests Query requests are HTTP GET requests where parameters are passed as HTTP parameters.
Making SOAP Requests SOAP requests pass parameters in a SOAP envelope.
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It is worth noting that Query requests are generally easier to test and implement from scratch. SOAP requests are generally handled by libraries that can consume WSDL files; however depending on the SOAP library used your mileage may vary.