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XML Format

If XML is preferred, set the standard http header Accept to the value text/xml and the Slingshot API server will send all non-binary responses to the client in XML format.

The example below demonstrates how to set the appropriate header in code.

C#​

HttpWebRequest httpWebRequest;
httpWebRequest =
    WebRequest.Create(new Uri("https://api.ravenslingshot.com/FieldHubs"))
    as HttpWebRequest;
httpWebRequest.Accept = "text/xml";
httpWebRequest.Method = WebRequestMethods.Http.Get;

Examples​

SlingshotIndex​

Example of a simple SlingshotIndex in XML:

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
<slingshotindex xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://schemas.ravenslingshot.com/SlingshotIndex/2010">
    <totalcount>141</totalcount>
    <pagesize>2</pagesize>
    <ispreviouspage>false</ispreviouspage>
    <isnextpage>true</isnextpage>
    <pageindex>0</pageindex>
    <totalpages>71</totalpages>
    <fieldhub>
        <id>12345678901</id>
        <name>Field Hub 1</name>
        <uri>https://api.ravenslingshot.com/FieldHubs/12345678901</uri>
    </fieldhub>
    <fieldhub>
        <id>12345678902</id>
        <name>Field Hub 2</name>
        <uri>https://api.ravenslingshot.com/FieldHubs/12345678902</uri>
    </fieldhub>
</slingshotindex>

SlingshotResponse​

Example of a SlingshotResponse in XML:

<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?-->
<slingshotresponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.ravenslingshot.com/SlingshotResponse/2010">
    <status>INVALID_REQUEST</status>
    <errorinfo>Item does not exist</errorinfo>
    <result xsi:nil="true">
    </result>
</slingshotresponse>