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 /vehicleownership/ HTTP/1.1
Host: webservices.mbukdatabase.co.uk
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<VehicleOwnership 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>
<ItemsPerPage>0</ItemsPerPage>
<PageNumber>0</PageNumber>
<SearchString>String</SearchString>
<SortColumn>String</SortColumn>
<SortDirection>String</SortDirection>
</VehicleOwnership>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<VehicleOwnershipResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/RAPP.Mercedes.VanCustomerAccount.Api.ServiceModel.SitecoreServiceModels">
<NumberOfPages>0</NumberOfPages>
<Status>
<Message>String</Message>
<ReturnCode>String</ReturnCode>
</Status>
<TotalNumberOfVehicles>0</TotalNumberOfVehicles>
<Vehicles>
<Vehicle>
<ChassisNumber>String</ChassisNumber>
<CommissionNumber>String</CommissionNumber>
<Make>String</Make>
<Model>String</Model>
<NextMOTDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</NextMOTDate>
<NextServiceDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</NextServiceDate>
<RegistrationNumber>String</RegistrationNumber>
</Vehicle>
</Vehicles>
</VehicleOwnershipResponse>