Model always null on XML POST

Question

I\'m currently working on an integration between systems and I\'ve decided to use WebApi for it, but I\'m running into an issue...

Let\'s say I have a model:

Answer 1

Two things:

1. You don't need quotes "" around the content type and accept header values in Fiddler:

   User-Agent: Fiddler
   Content-Type: application/xml
   Accept: application/xml
   

2. Web API uses the DataContractSerializer by default for xml serialization. So you need to include your type's namespace in your xml:

    
       
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   Or you can configure Web API to use XmlSerializer in your WebApiConfig.Register:

   config.Formatters.XmlFormatter.UseXmlSerializer = true;
   

   Then you don't need the namespace in your XML data:

    
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