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.
GET /sendrestget/{Id} HTTP/1.1
Host: test.servicestack.net
Accept: application/xml
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<SendVerbResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Test.ServiceInterface">
<Id>0</Id>
<PathInfo>String</PathInfo>
<RequestMethod>String</RequestMethod>
</SendVerbResponse>