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Use Accept Headers to GET XML Content as a preference
How to complete the challenge GET /todos XML (200)
to successfully GET all the todos in XML format as first preference.
GET /todos XML Preference (200)
It is possible to ask for multiple types in the Accept header, expressing a preference for the returned format. If none of the types are available then expect a 406 response.
Issue a GET request on the
/todos
end point with anAccept
header ofapplication/xml
followed byapplication/json
to receive results in XML format if supported, or JSON if not.
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 as first preference, followed by JSON as second preference- 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
https://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,application/json
- 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 JSON format data, which is the default from the server
- Check the
content-type
header in the response hasapplication/json
The chained Accept header application/xml,application/json
asks for XML as first preference, but if not supported then supply JSON.
Example Request
> GET /todos HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.eviltester.com
> User-Agent: rest-client
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> Accept: application/xml,application/json
Example Response
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Connection: close
< Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 10:05:24 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>267</id>
<title>train staff</title>
</todo>
<todo>
<doneStatus>false</doneStatus>
<description/>
<id>268</id>
<title>schedule meeting</title>
</todo>
</todos>
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