ASP.NET Core 1.0 Web API doesn't return XML

Question

How can I have my vnext API to return XML and JSON ?

I thought that using content-type with application/xml would work as it was before. Note that I tryed with Accep

Answer 1

Faced the similar problems, Have to process in one WEB REST API service ,with using ASP .NET MVC Core 1.1.0 , two types of XML body requests DataContractSerializer and XmlSerializer.

So, in my case I need FromXmlBody and XmlResult with a parameter of the type of the XML serialization.

Read this thread and think to write a peace of the code with work around, but when I have a look over the GitHub. I found that the solution has already existed.

I have checked, it looks like a quality software engineering solution.

I want to share the links: Here is new XML extension for Asp.NET Core ver. >=1.1.0 XmlResult and FromXmlBody Extensions of ASP.NET Core MVC formatters for XML input and output using DataContractSerializer and XmlSerializer.

https://github.com/Wallsmedia/XmlResult

nugget package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.Extensions

It works fine for both type of Xml serialize types(DataContractSerializer and XmlSerializer) in one service/controller/method. Here is the example:

 [Route("api/[controller]")]
public class XmlExtController : Controller
{
    // GET api/[controller]/xml
    [HttpGet("xml")]
    public ActionResult GetXmlObject()
    {
        object obj = new PurchaseOrder();
        return new XmlResult(obj);
    }

    // GET api/[controller]/dcxml
    [HttpGet("dcxml")]
    public ActionResult GetDcXmlObject()
    {
        object obj = new PurchaseOrder();
        return new XmlResult(obj) { XmlSerializerType = XmlSerializerType.DataContractSerializer };
    }

    // POST api/[controller]/xml
    [HttpPost("xml")]
    public void PostXml([FromXmlBody]PurchaseOrder value)
    {
        var x = value;
        x.billTo.street += " 123";
    }

    // POST api/[controller]/dcxml
    [HttpPost("dcxml")]
    public void PostDcXml([FromXmlBody(XmlSerializerType = XmlSerializerType.DataContractSerializer)]PurchaseOrder value)
    {
        var x = value;
        x.billTo.street += "No -10";
    }

}