how to get xml response from web api

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how to get xml response from web api with xml request

Manav Pandya · Answer

Hello   Well for this task of returning xml and other format we should specify its formatter    Primarily there are two ways XML and JSON that i had worked with    For doing this you need to add single line in Application_Start() method inside global file :   1 -  For XML :  GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseDataContractSerializer =  true ;   OR config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.MediaTypeMappings.Add(              new  QueryStringMapping( "type" ,  "xml" ,  new  MediaTypeHeaderValue( "application/xml" )));      2 . For JSON :   GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Formatters.JsonFormatter.UseDataContractSerializer =  true ;   OR  config.Formatters.JsonFormatter.MediaTypeMappings.Add(              new  QueryStringMapping( "type" ,  "json" ,  new  MediaTypeHeaderValue( "application/json" )));     That's it , now you can see difference of the output   For more reference you can learn about this :   https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/2b481f/getting-the-result-of-Asp-Net-web-api-on-notepad/   https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/manas1/introduction-to-Asp-Net-webapi-and-returns-result-in-differe/   Thanks

Prakash Chasiya · Answer

Hi Gajendra;   Please refer my article : https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/login-using-webapi-in-desktop-application/   You can find your answer from there regaring XML and JSON. Also, I have explain in detail, how to create and host web api.   Hope this will help you.   Thank you.

Sagar Pandurang Kap · Answer

Hi, Try refer from below lonks :-   https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/2b481f/getting-the-result-of-Asp-Net-web-api-on-notepad/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11662028/webapi-to-return-xml   Hope it helps....