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 /query/customers HTTP/1.1
Host: northwind.netcore.io
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<QueryCustomers xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel">
<Skip xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">0</Skip>
<Take xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">0</Take>
<OrderBy xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">String</OrderBy>
<OrderByDesc xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">String</OrderByDesc>
<Include xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">String</Include>
<Fields xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">String</Fields>
<Meta xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays" xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d2p1:Key>String</d2p1:Key>
<d2p1:Value>String</d2p1:Value>
</d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</Meta>
<CountryStartsWith>String</CountryStartsWith>
<Ids xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:string>String</d2p1:string>
</Ids>
</QueryCustomers>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<QueryResponseOfCustomerhtFHNyBe xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<Offset>0</Offset>
<Total>0</Total>
<Results xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:Customer>
<d2p1:Address>String</d2p1:Address>
<d2p1:City>String</d2p1:City>
<d2p1:CompanyName>String</d2p1:CompanyName>
<d2p1:ContactName>String</d2p1:ContactName>
<d2p1:ContactTitle>String</d2p1:ContactTitle>
<d2p1:Country>String</d2p1:Country>
<d2p1:Fax>String</d2p1:Fax>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Phone>String</d2p1:Phone>
<d2p1:PostalCode>String</d2p1:PostalCode>
<d2p1:Region>String</d2p1:Region>
</d2p1:Customer>
</Results>
<Meta xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d2p1:Key>String</d2p1:Key>
<d2p1:Value>String</d2p1:Value>
</d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</Meta>
<ResponseStatus>
<ErrorCode>String</ErrorCode>
<Message>String</Message>
<StackTrace>String</StackTrace>
<Errors>
<ResponseError>
<ErrorCode>String</ErrorCode>
<FieldName>String</FieldName>
<Message>String</Message>
<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>
</Meta>
</ResponseError>
</Errors>
<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>
</Meta>
</ResponseStatus>
</QueryResponseOfCustomerhtFHNyBe>