Formats

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ServiceStack supports 6 response formats out of the box:

• JSON
• XML
• SOAP 1.1/1.2
• JSV (hybrid CSV-style escaping + JSON format that is optimized for both size and speed)
• CSV
• HTML5 Report (provides a readable and semantic HTML layout letting you visualize all the data returned by your web service)
• HTML with Markdown Razor (Razor combined with markdown)

Additional Formats

Additional Formats are available as external Plugins:

• HTML with MVC Razor
• Message Pack
• Protocol Buffers

Rest endpoint

You can define which format should be used by adding a .{format} extension:

• .json
• .xml
• .jsv
• .csv
• .html

Or by appending ?format={format} to the end of the URL:

• ?format=json
• ?format=xml
• ?format=jsv
• ?format=csv
• ?format=html

Example: http://mono.servicestack.net/hello/World!?format=json

Alternatively ServiceStack also recognizes which format should be used with the Accept http header:

• Accept: application/json
• Accept: application/xml

As you can see, this approach only works with json and xml.

Default endpoint

/[xml|json|html|jsv|csv]/[reply|oneway]/[servicename]

Examples:

• /xml/[reply|oneway]/[servicename] will be XML
• /json/[reply|oneway]/[servicename] will be JSON

SOAP endpoint

The SOAP endpoint only supports XML of course.

Tip: If you have forgotten the details about the specific endpoints, you can re-read this article