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 /v1/vehicle/backordervalidate/{VehicleIdentifier} HTTP/1.1
Host: prod-api-agency-orch-mb-dhc.rapp-customers.co.uk
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<GetVehicleBackOrderValidateRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Mercedes.Agency.Orchestration.API.ServiceModel.Vehicles">
<BackOrderGuid>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</BackOrderGuid>
<VehicleIdentifier>String</VehicleIdentifier>
</GetVehicleBackOrderValidateRequest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<GetVehicleBackOrderValidateResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Mercedes.Agency.Orchestration.API.ServiceModel.Vehicles">
<CommissionNumber>String</CommissionNumber>
<DisplayRetailer>String</DisplayRetailer>
<ErrorMessage>String</ErrorMessage>
<IsDisplayStock>false</IsDisplayStock>
<IsValid>false</IsValid>
<NotMotability>false</NotMotability>
<Specialist>false</Specialist>
<Vin>String</Vin>
</GetVehicleBackOrderValidateResponse>