Requests are encoded in XML and sent via HTTP POST. Requests are encoded in XML and sent via HTTP GET.

How do I send XML data to a restful web service?

If you want to send XML data to the server, set the Request Header correctly to be read by the sever as XML. xmlhttp. setRequestHeader(‘Content-Type’, ‘text/xml’); Use the send() method to send the request, along with any XML data.

What is content type for XML?

XML: text/xml , application/xml (RFC 2376). There are also many other media types based around XML, for example application/rss+xml or image/svg+xml . It’s a safe bet that any unrecognised but registered ending in +xml is XML-based.