HTTP Headers

To negotiate the content type being sent between the client and service, the request includes an Accept header to indicate the acceptable media type. Optionally, it can also indicate the MIME Content-Type being sent in the request.

The response from the server will return a status code and the Content-Type of the response.

The following are example HTTP content negotiation headers for JSON and XML:

JSON

Accept: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

XML

Accept: application/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8

The following table defines the type of response to expect based on the header information specified in the request.