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 /items/ HTTP/1.1
Host: bestellforum.api.mauve.de
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<SearchItems xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Mauve.Bestellforum.ServiceModel">
<LastModifiedAfter>0001-01-01T00:00:00</LastModifiedAfter>
<MediaCode>String</MediaCode>
</SearchItems>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<ArrayOfItem xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Mauve.Bestellforum.ServiceModel.Types.Items">
<Item>
<AdditionalDescription>String</AdditionalDescription>
<AuthorInformation>String</AuthorInformation>
<CalculateBasePrice>false</CalculateBasePrice>
<CrossSellingItems i:nil="true" />
<CustomFields i:nil="true" />
<CustomVatRates xmlns:d3p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Mauve.Bestellforum.ServiceModel" i:nil="true" />
<Description>String</Description>
<DidacticNotes>String</DidacticNotes>
<Documents i:nil="true" />
<EAN>String</EAN>
<Height>0</Height>
<ItemGroups i:nil="true" />
<Length>0</Length>
<Manufacturer>String</Manufacturer>
<MaxQuantityPerOrder>0</MaxQuantityPerOrder>
<MediaCodes i:nil="true" />
<MetaKeywords>String</MetaKeywords>
<Name>String</Name>
<Number>String</Number>
<OrderItemNote>String</OrderItemNote>
<Price>0</Price>
<PriceValidUntil>0001-01-01T00:00:00</PriceValidUntil>
<Prices i:nil="true" />
<Properties i:nil="true" />
<ShopText>String</ShopText>
<ShortDescription>String</ShortDescription>
<Vat>0</Vat>
<VatType>String</VatType>
<VolumePrices i:nil="true" />
<Weight>0</Weight>
<Width>0</Width>
</Item>
</ArrayOfItem>