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sgkmillssgkmills 

How to Set the HttpResponse object Content-Type?

I am trying to do a callout that logon's to a webservice and then returns an xml file.  I am trying to set the response header's content-type to be application-xml, but only see a setHeader method on the HttpRequest object.  

 

I am having a problem setting the Content-Type header with the below code.  When I check the Content-Type of the HttpResponse object, the value isn't 'application/xml' as I expected. 

 

Is this the correct approach?

 

 

 Http http = new Http();
    HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
    req.setMethod('GET'); 
    req.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/xml');
    req.setEndpoint('https://something./rest/clientauth/authenticate?account=xxx&password=xxx&source=xxx');
    
    try {
	  
    	//Execute web service call here		
        HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);	
 
        //Helpful debug messages
        System.debug(res.toString());
        System.debug('STATUS:'+res.getStatus());
        System.debug('STATUS_CODE:'+res.getStatusCode());
        System.debug('Content-Type:'+ res.getHeader('Content-Type'));
    } catch (System.CalloutException e) {
	system.debug('SKM-CalloutException occurred');
    }
 
 
 
 


Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
danwilkiedanwilkie
Hi
 
Try setting the following header on the request before you send it:
 
req.setHeader('Accept', 'application/xml');
 
Hope it helps.
 
Dan 


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danwilkiedanwilkie
Hi
 
Try setting the following header on the request before you send it:
 
req.setHeader('Accept', 'application/xml');
 
Hope it helps.
 
Dan 
This was selected as the best answer
sgkmillssgkmills
This worked!  :smileyhappy:  Thanks!  Is this documented somewhere in Salesforce documentation because I was reading a bunch of articles on the wiki and didn't find anything.
 
 


bbrantly1bbrantly1
Here is a list of header request, it briefly touches on all the possibilities
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_headers