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 /customers HTTP/1.1
Host: blazor-gallery.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CreateChinookCustomer xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Chinook.ServiceModel">
<Address>String</Address>
<City>String</City>
<Company>String</Company>
<Country>String</Country>
<Email>String</Email>
<Fax>String</Fax>
<FirstName>String</FirstName>
<LastName>String</LastName>
<Phone>String</Phone>
<PostalCode>String</PostalCode>
<State>String</State>
<SupportRepId>0</SupportRepId>
</CreateChinookCustomer>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<IdResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<Id>String</Id>
<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>
</IdResponse>