Is it viable to set up a store only using magento API?

I am trying to set up a web store using magento on a SOA Architecture. So I int开发者_Go百科end to use all of the functionalities through the API connecting it with mule ESB.

However on my research I have read that the magento API is Silly Slow. And now I am wondering if it actually can handle the requests of an entire website.

Has anybody done something like this before? Can it actually work? If not, is there a workaround?

Regards Leo

No, it is not viable to setup a store using only Magento's SOAP and RPC APIs. THat is not the intention of these APIs.

There are examples where people have done what you are looking for such as http://www.yireo.com/software/magebridge

They claim to be 40% faster than native Magento.

I've tried the tool, and it is quite functional.