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.
PUT /employers/{Id} HTTP/1.1
Host: staging-api.billiecart.com.au
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<UpdateEmployerRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations.Employers">
<OrganisationId xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations">String</OrganisationId>
<Id>String</Id>
<Name>String</Name>
</UpdateEmployerRequest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<UpdateEmployerResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Infrastructure.Api.Interfaces.ServiceOperations.Employers">
<Employer xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Application.Interfaces.Resources">
<d2p1:BusinessDetails>
<d2p1:AustralianBusinessNumber>String</d2p1:AustralianBusinessNumber>
<d2p1:AustralianCompanyNumber>String</d2p1:AustralianCompanyNumber>
<d2p1:TradingName>String</d2p1:TradingName>
</d2p1:BusinessDetails>
<d2p1:Contact>
<d2p1:ContactName>String</d2p1:ContactName>
<d2p1:Email>String</d2p1:Email>
<d2p1:PhoneNumber>String</d2p1:PhoneNumber>
<d2p1:PreferredContactMethod>String</d2p1:PreferredContactMethod>
</d2p1:Contact>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
<d2p1:PhysicalAddress>
<d2p1:AddressLine1>String</d2p1:AddressLine1>
<d2p1:AddressLine2>String</d2p1:AddressLine2>
<d2p1:Postcode>String</d2p1:Postcode>
<d2p1:StateTerritory>String</d2p1:StateTerritory>
<d2p1:Suburb>String</d2p1:Suburb>
</d2p1:PhysicalAddress>
<d2p1:PostalAddress>
<d2p1:AddressLine1>String</d2p1:AddressLine1>
<d2p1:AddressLine2>String</d2p1:AddressLine2>
<d2p1:Postcode>String</d2p1:Postcode>
<d2p1:StateTerritory>String</d2p1:StateTerritory>
<d2p1:Suburb>String</d2p1:Suburb>
</d2p1:PostalAddress>
</Employer>
<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>
</UpdateEmployerResponse>