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 /sustainableIncome HTTP/1.1
Host: api.portfoliolink.co.za
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CalculateSustainableIncome xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/PortfolioLinkApi.ServiceModel">
<AdvisorFees>0</AdvisorFees>
<CurrentAge>0</CurrentAge>
<CurrentSavings>0</CurrentSavings>
<ExpectedInflationRate>0</ExpectedInflationRate>
<LifeExpectancyAge>0</LifeExpectancyAge>
<PortfolioReturn>0</PortfolioReturn>
<PortfolioVolatility>0</PortfolioVolatility>
</CalculateSustainableIncome>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<CalculateSustainableIncomeResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/PortfolioLinkApi.ServiceModel">
<SustainableIncome>0</SustainableIncome>
<SustainableIncomeList xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays">
<d2p1:KeyValueOfintdecimal>
<d2p1:Key>0</d2p1:Key>
<d2p1:Value>0</d2p1:Value>
</d2p1:KeyValueOfintdecimal>
</SustainableIncomeList>
</CalculateSustainableIncomeResponse>