To override the Content-type in your clients, use the HTTP Accept Header, append the .xml suffix or ?format=xml
HTTP + XML
The following are sample HTTP requests and responses.
The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.
POST /api/SubmitPOSTransaction HTTP/1.1
Host: active-ewebservice.biz
Accept: application/xml
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<SubmitPOSTransactionRequest xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM.WebService">
<ApiKey>String</ApiKey>
<OAuthToken>String</OAuthToken>
<AppId>String</AppId>
<DeviceId>String</DeviceId>
<Token>String</Token>
<Acct>0</Acct>
<CardExpiration>String</CardExpiration>
<CardTerminalId>String</CardTerminalId>
<CardToken>String</CardToken>
<Deposit>0</Deposit>
<Items xmlns:d2p1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">
<d2p1:PosLineItem>
<d2p1:AllowPriceOverrideToIgnoreMinPrice>false</d2p1:AllowPriceOverrideToIgnoreMinPrice>
<d2p1:Discount>0</d2p1:Discount>
<d2p1:ExceptionInfo>
<d2p1:Barcode>String</d2p1:Barcode>
<d2p1:Base64Image>String</d2p1:Base64Image>
<d2p1:Category>0</d2p1:Category>
<d2p1:Description>String</d2p1:Description>
<d2p1:SubCategory>0</d2p1:SubCategory>
</d2p1:ExceptionInfo>
<d2p1:NicsCat>0</d2p1:NicsCat>
<d2p1:NicsSub>0</d2p1:NicsSub>
<d2p1:Notes>String</d2p1:Notes>
<d2p1:PriceOverride>0</d2p1:PriceOverride>
<d2p1:Quantity>0</d2p1:Quantity>
<d2p1:SasPk>0</d2p1:SasPk>
<d2p1:Serial>String</d2p1:Serial>
<d2p1:Sku>String</d2p1:Sku>
<d2p1:SkuPk>0</d2p1:SkuPk>
</d2p1:PosLineItem>
</Items>
<LocId>0</LocId>
<Notes>String</Notes>
<OnlineContractRef>String</OnlineContractRef>
<OtherTenderCategory>0</OtherTenderCategory>
<PONumber>String</PONumber>
<SaveCard>false</SaveCard>
<ShipId>0</ShipId>
<TaxId>0</TaxId>
<TenderType>String</TenderType>
<TokenPk>0</TokenPk>
<TransactionMode>String</TransactionMode>
</SubmitPOSTransactionRequest>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: length
<SubmitPOSTransactionResponse xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM.WebService">
<Status>
<DomainName>String</DomainName>
<ErrorCode>String</ErrorCode>
<ErrorDisplayText>String</ErrorDisplayText>
<ErrorMessage>String</ErrorMessage>
<IpAddress>String</IpAddress>
<Login>String</Login>
<StatusCode>String</StatusCode>
</Status>
<ErrorItems>
<PosResponseItem>
<AllowPriceOverrideToIgnoreMinPrice xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">false</AllowPriceOverrideToIgnoreMinPrice>
<Discount xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</Discount>
<ExceptionInfo xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">
<Barcode>String</Barcode>
<Base64Image>String</Base64Image>
<Category>0</Category>
<Description>String</Description>
<SubCategory>0</SubCategory>
</ExceptionInfo>
<NicsCat xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</NicsCat>
<NicsSub xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</NicsSub>
<Notes xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">String</Notes>
<PriceOverride xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</PriceOverride>
<Quantity xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</Quantity>
<SasPk xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</SasPk>
<Serial xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">String</Serial>
<Sku xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">String</Sku>
<SkuPk xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AIM">0</SkuPk>
<Discountable>false</Discountable>
<ErrorMessage>String</ErrorMessage>
<Price>0</Price>
<PriceEach>0</PriceEach>
</PosResponseItem>
</ErrorItems>
<RefNumber>String</RefNumber>
</SubmitPOSTransactionResponse>