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 /all-types HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<HelloAllTypes xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<AllCollectionTypes xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:ByteArray>AA==</d2p1:ByteArray>
<d2p1:CharArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:char>0</d3p1:char>
</d2p1:CharArray>
<d2p1:DecimalList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:decimal>0</d3p1:decimal>
</d2p1:DecimalList>
<d2p1:DoubleList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:double>0</d3p1:double>
</d2p1:DoubleList>
<d2p1:FloatArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:float>0</d3p1:float>
</d2p1:FloatArray>
<d2p1:IntArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:int>0</d3p1:int>
</d2p1:IntArray>
<d2p1:IntList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:int>0</d3p1:int>
</d2p1:IntList>
<d2p1:PocoArray>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d2p1:PocoArray>
<d2p1:PocoList>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d2p1:PocoList>
<d2p1:PocoLookup xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d2p1:PocoLookup>
<d2p1:PocoLookupMap xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sdty7Ep6D1>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d3p1:ArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d3p1:ArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sdty7Ep6D1>
</d2p1:PocoLookupMap>
<d2p1:StringArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringArray>
<d2p1:StringList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringList>
</AllCollectionTypes>
<AllTypes xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:Byte>0</d2p1:Byte>
<d2p1:Char>0</d2p1:Char>
<d2p1:DateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:DateTime>
<d2p1:DateTimeOffset xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System">
<d3p1:DateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00Z</d3p1:DateTime>
<d3p1:OffsetMinutes>0</d3p1:OffsetMinutes>
</d2p1:DateTimeOffset>
<d2p1:Decimal>0</d2p1:Decimal>
<d2p1:Double>0</d2p1:Double>
<d2p1:Float>0</d2p1:Float>
<d2p1:Guid>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d2p1:Guid>
<d2p1:Id>0</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Int>0</d2p1:Int>
<d2p1:IntStringMap xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfintstring>
<d3p1:Key>0</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>String</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfintstring>
</d2p1:IntStringMap>
<d2p1:KeyValuePair xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic">
<d3p1:key>String</d3p1:key>
<d3p1:value>String</d3p1:value>
</d2p1:KeyValuePair>
<d2p1:Long>0</d2p1:Long>
<d2p1:NullableDateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:NullableDateTime>
<d2p1:NullableId>0</d2p1:NullableId>
<d2p1:NullableTimeSpan>PT0S</d2p1:NullableTimeSpan>
<d2p1:Short>0</d2p1:Short>
<d2p1:String>String</d2p1:String>
<d2p1:StringArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringArray>
<d2p1:StringList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringList>
<d2p1:StringMap 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:StringMap>
<d2p1:SubType>
<d2p1:Id>0</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:SubType>
<d2p1:TimeSpan>PT0S</d2p1:TimeSpan>
<d2p1:UInt>0</d2p1:UInt>
<d2p1:ULong>0</d2p1:ULong>
<d2p1:UShort>0</d2p1:UShort>
</AllTypes>
<Name>String</Name>
</HelloAllTypes>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<HelloAllTypesResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<AllCollectionTypes xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:ByteArray>AA==</d2p1:ByteArray>
<d2p1:CharArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:char>0</d3p1:char>
</d2p1:CharArray>
<d2p1:DecimalList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:decimal>0</d3p1:decimal>
</d2p1:DecimalList>
<d2p1:DoubleList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:double>0</d3p1:double>
</d2p1:DoubleList>
<d2p1:FloatArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:float>0</d3p1:float>
</d2p1:FloatArray>
<d2p1:IntArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:int>0</d3p1:int>
</d2p1:IntArray>
<d2p1:IntList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:int>0</d3p1:int>
</d2p1:IntList>
<d2p1:PocoArray>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d2p1:PocoArray>
<d2p1:PocoList>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d2p1:PocoList>
<d2p1:PocoLookup xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d2p1:Poco>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:Poco>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d2p1:PocoLookup>
<d2p1:PocoLookupMap xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sdty7Ep6D1>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d3p1:ArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:KeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
<d3p1:Key>String</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d3p1:ArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sd>
</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfstringArrayOfArrayOfKeyValueOfstringPocoSxVl28_Sdty7Ep6D1>
</d2p1:PocoLookupMap>
<d2p1:StringArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringArray>
<d2p1:StringList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringList>
</AllCollectionTypes>
<AllTypes xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel.Types">
<d2p1:Byte>0</d2p1:Byte>
<d2p1:Char>0</d2p1:Char>
<d2p1:DateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:DateTime>
<d2p1:DateTimeOffset xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System">
<d3p1:DateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00Z</d3p1:DateTime>
<d3p1:OffsetMinutes>0</d3p1:OffsetMinutes>
</d2p1:DateTimeOffset>
<d2p1:Decimal>0</d2p1:Decimal>
<d2p1:Double>0</d2p1:Double>
<d2p1:Float>0</d2p1:Float>
<d2p1:Guid>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d2p1:Guid>
<d2p1:Id>0</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Int>0</d2p1:Int>
<d2p1:IntStringMap xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:KeyValueOfintstring>
<d3p1:Key>0</d3p1:Key>
<d3p1:Value>String</d3p1:Value>
</d3p1:KeyValueOfintstring>
</d2p1:IntStringMap>
<d2p1:KeyValuePair xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/System.Collections.Generic">
<d3p1:key>String</d3p1:key>
<d3p1:value>String</d3p1:value>
</d2p1:KeyValuePair>
<d2p1:Long>0</d2p1:Long>
<d2p1:NullableDateTime>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:NullableDateTime>
<d2p1:NullableId>0</d2p1:NullableId>
<d2p1:NullableTimeSpan>PT0S</d2p1:NullableTimeSpan>
<d2p1:Short>0</d2p1:Short>
<d2p1:String>String</d2p1:String>
<d2p1:StringArray xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringArray>
<d2p1:StringList xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d3p1:string>String</d3p1:string>
</d2p1:StringList>
<d2p1:StringMap 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:StringMap>
<d2p1:SubType>
<d2p1:Id>0</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
</d2p1:SubType>
<d2p1:TimeSpan>PT0S</d2p1:TimeSpan>
<d2p1:UInt>0</d2p1:UInt>
<d2p1:ULong>0</d2p1:ULong>
<d2p1:UShort>0</d2p1:UShort>
</AllTypes>
<Result>String</Result>
</HelloAllTypesResponse>