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 /channels/{Channel}/chat HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<PostChatToChannel xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceInterface">
<Channel>String</Channel>
<From>String</From>
<Message>String</Message>
<Selector>String</Selector>
<ToUserId>String</ToUserId>
</PostChatToChannel>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<ChatMessage xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceInterface">
<Channel>String</Channel>
<DisplayName>String</DisplayName>
<FromName>String</FromName>
<FromUserId>String</FromUserId>
<Id>0</Id>
<Message>String</Message>
<Private>false</Private>
<UserAuthId>String</UserAuthId>
</ChatMessage>