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.
GET /Heartbeat/ HTTP/1.1
Host: webservices.mbukdatabase.co.uk
Accept: application/xml
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<HeartbeatResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MBFSPreferences.ServiceModel">
<ResponseStatus>
<Code>String</Code>
<Message>String</Message>
</ResponseStatus>
</HeartbeatResponse>