Research on Web Instant Messaging using REST Web Service

With the development of Web Service, Web Instant Messaging is becoming more and more common in our life. On the other hand, REST Web Service sets off a revolution. It changes the traditional structure of web Service, which makes the service uniformed as resources to use. This paper firstly analyzes and compares the existing web instant messaging technology. Then introduces REST web service and gives an example of a REST-based instant messaging application.