📰 Goodbye to Marketo SOAP API

Starting in October 31st 2025, the SOAP API will no longer be available. This means all integrations and applications relying on SOAP will need to migrate to more modern alternatives. This decision aims to enhance the overall quality and performance of the APIs.

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔?

𝑺𝑶𝑨𝑷 𝑨𝑷𝑰 𝒗𝒔 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑻 𝑨𝑷𝑰:

1️⃣ Flexibility: REST APIs are more flexible and can handle multiple data formats like JSON, XML, HTML, and plain text, whereas SOAP APIs primarily use XML.

2️⃣ Performance: REST APIs are generally faster and more efficient due to their stateless nature and support for caching.

3️⃣ Ease of Use: REST APIs are simpler to implement and use standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), making them more accessible to developers.

4️⃣ Scalability: REST APIs are better suited for scalable web services due to their lightweight nature and stateless operations.

5️⃣ Security: While SOAP APIs have built-in security features like WS-Security, REST APIs can also be secured using HTTPS and other modern security practices.

🔧 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔:

1️⃣ Review Your Integrations: Identify any integration using SOAP API and plan its migration to REST API.

2️⃣ Update Your Code: Ensure your code is ready for the new version of the REST API.

3️⃣ Training: Familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements to fully leverage the updated REST API.

Get ready to take advantage of all the new opportunities the updated REST API brings!