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 //student_groups HTTP/1.1
Host: api.lsu.abodehms.com
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<UpdateStudentGroup xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AbodeAPI.ServiceModel">
<Group>
<Description>String</Description>
<Filter>
<Excludes xmlns:d4p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d4p1:int>0</d4p1:int>
</Excludes>
<Includes xmlns:d4p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d4p1:int>0</d4p1:int>
</Includes>
<expr>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression i:nil="true" />
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</FilterExpression>
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</FilterExpression>
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</expr>
</Filter>
<Id>0</Id>
<Name>String</Name>
</Group>
</UpdateStudentGroup>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<UpdateStudentGroupResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AbodeAPI.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>
<Result>
<Description>String</Description>
<Filter>
<Excludes xmlns:d4p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d4p1:int>0</d4p1:int>
</Excludes>
<Includes xmlns:d4p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d4p1:int>0</d4p1:int>
</Includes>
<expr>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression>
<Field>String</Field>
<Op>String</Op>
<SubExpr>
<FilterExpression i:nil="true" />
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</FilterExpression>
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</FilterExpression>
</SubExpr>
<Value />
</expr>
</Filter>
<Id>0</Id>
<Name>String</Name>
</Result>
</UpdateStudentGroupResponse>