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 /vehicledetails/ HTTP/1.1
Host: webservices.mbukdatabase.co.uk
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<VehicleDetails xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/RAPP.Mercedes.VanCustomerAccount.Api.ServiceModel.SitecoreServiceModels">
<CIAMId>String</CIAMId>
<ChassisNumber>String</ChassisNumber>
</VehicleDetails>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<VehicleDetailsResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/RAPP.Mercedes.VanCustomerAccount.Api.ServiceModel.SitecoreServiceModels">
<AcquisitionDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</AcquisitionDate>
<AfterSaleName>String</AfterSaleName>
<BodyType>String</BodyType>
<ChassisNumber>String</ChassisNumber>
<Colour>String</Colour>
<DriverName>String</DriverName>
<FuelType>String</FuelType>
<KeeperName>String</KeeperName>
<LastKnownMileage>0</LastKnownMileage>
<Model>String</Model>
<RegistrationDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</RegistrationDate>
<RegistrationNumber>String</RegistrationNumber>
<Return>0</Return>
<SellingRetailer>String</SellingRetailer>
<ServicingRetailer>String</ServicingRetailer>
<Status>
<Message>String</Message>
<ReturnCode>String</ReturnCode>
</Status>
</VehicleDetailsResponse>