How to complete the challenge `POST /todos XML to JSON`

When an API supports multiple formats in request and response we might be able to mix and match. In this challenge we send a POST request to create a todo item using XML but receive JSON response.

POST /todos XML to JSON

Issue a POST request on the /todos end point to create a todo using Content-Type application/xml but Accept application/json

POST request means we will send information in the body of the message
- e.g. POST /todos sends to the todos endpoint
create a todo means that the payload will be valid data to create a todo item
using Content-Type application/xml means that we will set content-type header to application/xml and the payload will be in XML format
Accept application/json means add an accept header of application/json to receive the response in JSON format
add the X-CHALLENGER header to track progress

Basic Instructions

We can mix different accept and content-types so we can send payloads in one format, and receive responses in another format. This challenge is about sending payload in XML but having the response in JSON.

Issue a POST request to end point "/todos"
- if running locally that endpoint would be
  - https://apichallenges.eviltester.com/todos
The request should have an Content-Type header of application/xml
add a valid payload in XML format to create a todo item e.g.

  <todo>
    <doneStatus>true</doneStatus>
    <title>file paperwork today</title>
  </todo>

add an accept header of application/json to receive the response in JSON format
The request should have an X-CHALLENGER header to track challenge completion
The response status code should be 201 when all the details are valid.
Check the body of the response has JSON formatted todo item with full details of the created item
Check the location header for the REST API call to retrieve details of the created item

Extras:

try GET the location header URL to return the created todo item

Example Request

> POST /todos HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.eviltester.com
> User-Agent: rest-client
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> Content-Type: application/xml
> Accept: application/json
> Content-Length: 92

|   <todo>
|     <doneStatus>true</doneStatus>
|     <title>file paperwork today</title>
|   </todo>

Example Response

< HTTP/1.1 201 Created
< Connection: close
< Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 14:37:49 GMT
< Content-Type: application/json
< Location: todos/278
< 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:

{
  "id": 278,
  "title": "file paperwork today",
  "doneStatus": true,
  "description": ""
}

Overview Video

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