Post XML as "application/xml" instead of "text/xml" via RestSharp

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I'm hooking into the Salesforce Bulk API using RestSharp.

When I add an object using AddBody:

var request = new RestRequest( Method.POST);
request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Xml;
request.AddHeader("X-SFDC-Session", loginresult.SessionID);
var ji = new jobInfo { operation = "insert", @object = "contact", contentType = "CSV" };
request.AddBody(ji, xmlns);

Salesforce rejects it with this error message:

Unsupported content type: text/xml

... presumably because behind the scenes RestSharp is interpreting request.RequestFormat = DataFormat.Xml; as "text/xml".

By fiddling around with the Salesforce API I have discovered that it wants "application/xml" instead of "text/xml".

Is there a supported way to make RestSharp send "application/xml" instead?

Morphed · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-23 13:11:37Z

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From the documentation here

RequestBody

If this parameter is set, its value will be sent as the body of the request. Only one RequestBody Parameter is accepted – the first one.

The name of the parameter will be used as the Content-Type header for the request.

So:

var ji = new jobInfo { operation = "insert", @object = "contact", contentType = "CSV" };

var jiSerialized = /* Serialize ji to XML format */

request.AddParameter(new Parameter
{
    Name = "application/xml",
    Type = ParameterType.RequestBody,
    Value = jiSerialized 
})

answered Feb 23, 2015 at 13:11

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:51:56Z

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As an alternative to the solution offered by @Paddy, using RestSharp version 105.2.3, I have found that the following will change the Content-Type of a request from text/xml to application/xml:

request.AddBody(ji, xmlns);
request.Parameters[0].Name = "application/xml"; // default is "text/xml"

Here's what I see for request.Parameters[0] in the Visual Studio debugger after doing the above:

ContentType    null
Name           "application/xml"
Type           RequestBody
Value          "<YourSerializedXmlDocHere>...</YourSerializedXmlDocHere>"

As you can see, ContentType is null which seems a little troubling to me. But as @Paddy indicates, the RestSharp documentation says that "The name of the parameter will be used as the Content-Type header for the request."

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:51

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answered Nov 12, 2015 at 13:49

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