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 /xml/reply/AltQueryItems HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<AltQueryItems xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<Name>String</Name>
</AltQueryItems>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<QueryResponseAltOfItemp_S_PBaRK1 xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceModel">
<Meta xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d2p1:Key>String</d2p1:Key>
<d2p1:Value>String</d2p1:Value>
</d2p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</Meta>
<Offset>0</Offset>
<ResponseStatus xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.servicestack.net/types">
<d2p1:ErrorCode>String</d2p1:ErrorCode>
<d2p1:Message>String</d2p1:Message>
<d2p1:StackTrace>String</d2p1:StackTrace>
<d2p1:Errors>
<d2p1:ResponseError>
<d2p1:ErrorCode>String</d2p1:ErrorCode>
<d2p1:FieldName>String</d2p1:FieldName>
<d2p1:Message>String</d2p1:Message>
<d2p1:Meta xmlns:d5p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
<d5p1:Key>String</d5p1:Key>
<d5p1:Value>String</d5p1:Value>
</d5p1:KeyValueOfstringstring>
</d2p1:Meta>
</d2p1:ResponseError>
</d2p1:Errors>
<d2p1:Meta 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:Meta>
</ResponseStatus>
<Results>
<Item>
<Description>String</Description>
<Name>String</Name>
</Item>
</Results>
<Total>0</Total>
</QueryResponseAltOfItemp_S_PBaRK1>