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 /pet HTTP/1.1
Host: salesforceapi.avalonbay.com
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<PetRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SalesForceServices.ServiceModel.Request">
<Id>String</Id>
<NameId>String</NameId>
<Pet xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SalesForceServices.ServiceModel.Models">
<d2p1:BirthDate>0001-01-01T00:00:00</d2p1:BirthDate>
<d2p1:Breed>String</d2p1:Breed>
<d2p1:Color>String</d2p1:Color>
<d2p1:Id>String</d2p1:Id>
<d2p1:IsDeleted>false</d2p1:IsDeleted>
<d2p1:Microchipped>false</d2p1:Microchipped>
<d2p1:Name>String</d2p1:Name>
<d2p1:ServiceAnimal>false</d2p1:ServiceAnimal>
<d2p1:SfAccountId>String</d2p1:SfAccountId>
<d2p1:Status>String</d2p1:Status>
<d2p1:Type>String</d2p1:Type>
<d2p1:VeterinarianName>String</d2p1:VeterinarianName>
<d2p1:VeterinarianPhone>String</d2p1:VeterinarianPhone>
<d2p1:Weight>String</d2p1:Weight>
</Pet>
</PetRequest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<PetResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/SalesForceServices.ServiceModel.Response">
<Id>String</Id>
<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>
</PetResponse>