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 /api/suburbs HTTP/1.1
Host: pfapi.pstpf.com.au
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<GetSuburbs xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Eros.Subtle.Canvara.WebAPIModel.ServiceModel">
<CountryId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</CountryId>
<CountryName>String</CountryName>
<PostCode>String</PostCode>
<SearchText>String</SearchText>
<StateName>String</StateName>
</GetSuburbs>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<GetSuburbsResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Eros.Subtle.Canvara.WebAPIModel.ServiceModel">
<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>
<Suburbs xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Eros.Saguna.Common.WebAPIModel.Models">
<d2p1:SuburbModel>
<d2p1:CountryId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d2p1:CountryId>
<d2p1:CountryName>String</d2p1:CountryName>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
<d2p1:PostCode>String</d2p1:PostCode>
<d2p1:StateId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d2p1:StateId>
<d2p1:StateName>String</d2p1:StateName>
<d2p1:SuburbId>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d2p1:SuburbId>
</d2p1:SuburbModel>
</Suburbs>
</GetSuburbsResponse>