SoapUI is an open-source web service testing application for

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(SOAP) and representational state transfers (REST). Its functionality covers web service inspection, invoking, development, simulation and

mocking Mockery or mocking is the act of insulting or making light of a person or other thing, sometimes merely by taunting, but often by making a caricature, purporting to engage in imitation in a way that highlights unflattering characteristics. Mocke ...

, functional testing, load and compliance testing. A commercial version, ''ReadyAPI'' (formerly ''SoapUI Pro''), which mainly focuses on features designed to enhance productivity, was also developed by Eviware Software AB. In 2011, SmartBear Software acquired Eviware. SoapUI was initially released to

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in September 2005. It is

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, licensed under the terms of the European Union Public License. Since the initial release, SoapUI has been downloaded more than 2,000,000 times. It is built entirely on the

Java platform Java is a set of computer software and specifications developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by the Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cro ...

, and uses Swing for the

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. This means that SoapUI is

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. Today, SoapUI also supports

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, Eclipse, and

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. SoapUI can test

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and REST web services, JMS, AMF, as well as make any

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( S) and

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calls.

Features

SoapUI

Core features include web services: * inspection * invoking * development * simulation and mocking * functional, compliance and security testing

SoapUI Pro

SoapUI Pro is the commercial enterprise version. SoapUI Pro adds a number of productivity enhancements to the SoapUI core, which are designed to ease many recurring tasks when working with SoapUI.

Awards

SoapUI has been given a number of awards. These include: * Jolt Awards 2014: The Best Testing Tools * ATI Automation Honors, 2009 * InfoWorld Best of Open Source Software Award, 2008 * SOAWorld Readers' Choice Award, 2007

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