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 /hellozip HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<HelloZip xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<Name>String</Name>
<Test xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:string>String</d2p1:string>
</Test>
</HelloZip>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<HelloZipResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<Result>String</Result>
</HelloZipResponse>