To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .xml suffix or ?format=xml
HTTP + XML
The following are sample HTTP requests and responses.
The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /cars HTTP/1.1
Host: staging-api.billiecart.com.au
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CreateCarRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations.Cars">
<OrganisationId xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations">String</OrganisationId>
<Make>String</Make>
<Model>String</Model>
<Year>0</Year>
</CreateCarRequest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CreateCarResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations.Cars">
<Car xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Application.Interfaces.Resources">
<d2p1:Altered>false</d2p1:Altered>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Managers>
<d2p1:CarManager>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
</d2p1:CarManager>
</d2p1:Managers>
<d2p1:Manufacturer>
<d2p1:Make>String</d2p1:Make>
<d2p1:Model>String</d2p1:Model>
<d2p1:Year>0</d2p1:Year>
</d2p1:Manufacturer>
<d2p1:Owner>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
</d2p1:Owner>
<d2p1:Plate>
<d2p1:Jurisdiction>String</d2p1:Jurisdiction>
<d2p1:Number>String</d2p1:Number>
</d2p1:Plate>
<d2p1:Status>String</d2p1:Status>
</Car>
<ResponseStatus xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<d2p1:ErrorCode>String</d2p1:ErrorCode>
<d2p1:Message>String</d2p1:Message>
<d2p1:StackTrace>String</d2p1:StackTrace>
<d2p1:Errors>
<d2p1:ResponseError>
<d2p1:ErrorCode>String</d2p1:ErrorCode>
<d2p1:FieldName>String</d2p1:FieldName>
<d2p1:Message>String</d2p1:Message>
<d2p1:Meta xmlns:d5p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d5p1:Key>String</d5p1:Key>
<d5p1:Value>String</d5p1:Value>
</d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</d2p1:Meta>
</d2p1:ResponseError>
</d2p1:Errors>
<d2p1:Meta xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>String</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</d2p1:Meta>
</ResponseStatus>
</CreateCarResponse>