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 /cached/customers/{Id} HTTP/1.1
Host: northwind.netcore.io
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CachedGetCustomerDetails xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel">
<Id>String</Id>
</CachedGetCustomerDetails>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CustomerDetailsResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel">
<Customer xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel.Types">
<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>
</Customer>
<Orders xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Northwind.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:CustomerOrder>
<d2p1:Order>
<d2p1:CustomerId>String</d2p1:CustomerId>
<d2p1:EmployeeId>0</d2p1:EmployeeId>
<d2p1:Freight>0</d2p1:Freight>
<d2p1:Id>0</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:OrderDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:OrderDate>
<d2p1:RequiredDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:RequiredDate>
<d2p1:ShipAddress>String</d2p1:ShipAddress>
<d2p1:ShipCity>String</d2p1:ShipCity>
<d2p1:ShipCountry>String</d2p1:ShipCountry>
<d2p1:ShipName>String</d2p1:ShipName>
<d2p1:ShipPostalCode>String</d2p1:ShipPostalCode>
<d2p1:ShipRegion>String</d2p1:ShipRegion>
<d2p1:ShipVia>0</d2p1:ShipVia>
<d2p1:ShippedDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:ShippedDate>
</d2p1:Order>
<d2p1:OrderDetails>
<d2p1:OrderDetail>
<d2p1:Discount>0</d2p1:Discount>
<d2p1:OrderId>0</d2p1:OrderId>
<d2p1:ProductId>0</d2p1:ProductId>
<d2p1:Quantity>0</d2p1:Quantity>
<d2p1:UnitPrice>0</d2p1:UnitPrice>
</d2p1:OrderDetail>
</d2p1:OrderDetails>
</d2p1:CustomerOrder>
</Orders>
<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>
</CustomerDetailsResponse>