API Testing Challenge 14 - How To - GET todos xml 200

This post and video shows how to complete the challenge GET /todos XML (200) to successfully GET all the todos in XML format.

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GET /todos XML (200)

Issue a GET request on the /todos end point with an Accept header of application/xml to receive results in XML format

GET request will receive a response with all the todo items
- e.g. GET /todos to get all the todo items
200 is a success code, in this case it means the end point exists and the `todo items were returned
Accept means that an Accept header was added to specify that the todos should be returned in XML format
add the X-CHALLENGER header to track progress

Basic Instructions

Issue a GET request to end point “/todos”
- if running locally that endpoint would be
  - http://localhost:4567/todos
- if running in the cloud that endpoint would be
  - https://apichallenges.herokuapp.com/todos
The request should have an Accept header specifying XML format by using a value of application/xml
The request should have an X-CHALLENGER header to track challenge completion
The response status code should be 200 when all the details are valid.
Check the body of the message has XML format data
Check the content-type header in the response has application/xml

Insomnia Details

> GET /todos HTTP/1.1
> Host: apichallenges.herokuapp.com
> User-Agent: insomnia/2021.2.2
> X-CHALLENGER: x-challenger-guid
> Accept: application/xml

< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Connection: close
< Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:49:31 GMT
< Content-Type: application/xml
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Access-Control-Allow-Headers: *
< X-Challenger: x-challenger-guid
< Server: Jetty(9.4.z-SNAPSHOT)
< Via: 1.1 vegur

Example Response body:

<todos>
  <todo>
    <doneStatus>false</doneStatus>
    <description/>
    <id>273</id>
    <title>scan paperwork</title>
  </todo>
  <todo>
    <doneStatus>false</doneStatus>
    <description/>
    <id>277</id>
    <title>pay invoices</title>
  </todo>
</todos>