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How to complete the challenge GET /todos XML (200)
When we issue a GET request we can use the Accept
header to request a specific format of result from the API. In this case we will ask for XML to successfully GET all the todos in XML format.
GET /todos XML (200)
Issue a GET request on the
/todos
end point with anAccept
header ofapplication/xml
to receive results in XML format
GET
request will receive a response with all the todo items- e.g.
GET /todos
to get all the todo items
- e.g.
200
is a success code, in this case it means the end point exists and the `todo items were returnedAccept
means that anAccept
header was added to specify that the todos should be returned in XML format- add the
X-CHALLENGER
header to track progress
Basic Instructions
- Issue a
GET
request to end point "/todos"- if running locally that endpoint would be
http://apichallenges.eviltester.com/todos
- if running locally that endpoint would be
- The request should have an
Accept
header specifying XML format by using a value ofapplication/xml
- The request should have an
X-CHALLENGER
header to track challenge completion - The response status code should be
200
when all the details are valid. - Check the body of the message has XML format data
- Check the
content-type
header in the response hasapplication/xml
Example Request
> GET /todos HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.eviltester.com
> User-Agent: rest-client
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> Accept: application/xml
Example Response
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Connection: close
< Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:49:31 GMT
< Content-Type: application/xml
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *
< X-Challenger: x-challenger-guid
< Server: Jetty(9.4.z-SNAPSHOT)
< Via: 1.1 vegur
Example Response body:
<todos>
<todo>
<doneStatus>false</doneStatus>
<description/>
<id>273</id>
<title>scan paperwork</title>
</todo>
<todo>
<doneStatus>false</doneStatus>
<description/>
<id>277</id>
<title>pay invoices</title>
</todo>
</todos>
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