When using Invoke API calls getting the default XML response. How Invoke API call can return JSON response instead of XML response?
For example, the call http://RegistryServerHostName:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs will return the below response in XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<VseList xmlns="http://www.ca.com/lisa/invoke/v2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.ca.com/lisa/invoke/v2.0 VseList.xsd" href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs" type="application/vnd.ca.lisaInvoke.vseList+xml">
<Vse name="VSE" href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE" type="application/vnd.ca.lisaInvoke.vse+xml">
<ConsoleURL>http://9SW51X2:1505</ConsoleURL>
<HostAddress>9SW51X2</HostAddress>
<VirtualServiceList href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE" type="application/vnd.ca.lisaInvoke.virtualServiceList+xml">
<VirtualService name="UserControlService_Failover" href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/UserControlService_Failover" type="application/vnd.ca.lisaInvoke.virtualService+xml">
<ModelName>UserControlService_Failover</ModelName>
<EndTime>1969-12-31 18:00:00</EndTime>
<Capacity>1</Capacity>
<UpTime>0:30:12</UpTime>
<TransactionsPerSecond>0</TransactionsPerSecond>
<TransactionCount>0</TransactionCount>
<PeakTransactionsPerSecond>0</PeakTransactionsPerSecond>
<ThinkScale>100</ThinkScale>
<ErrorCount>0</ErrorCount>
<AutoRestartEnabled>true</AutoRestartEnabled>
<Status>2</Status>
<StartTime>2019-12-10 16:30:03</StartTime>
<ExecutionMode>Failover</ExecutionMode>
<ConfigurationName>C:\Users\pg683490\lisatmp_10.5.0\lads\9A8A15451B9C11EA9D5058A0231C993A\UCS\Configs\project.config</ConfigurationName>
<GroupTag />
<ResourceName>8113 : http : : /itko-examples/services/UserControlService</ResourceName>
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/UserControlService_Failover/actions" rel="down" />
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/UserControlService_Failover/actions/start" rel="start" />
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/UserControlService_Failover/actions/stop" rel="stop" />
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/UserControlService_Failover/actions/resetCounts" rel="resetCounts" />
</VirtualService>
</VirtualServiceList>
<LifetimeTransactionCount>47</LifetimeTransactionCount>
<RollingTransactionCount>0</RollingTransactionCount>
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/actions" rel="down" />
<Link href="http://localhost:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs/VSE/actions/deployMar" rel="start" />
</Vse>
</VseList>
Miss configuration of Response header.
Release : All Invoke API supported versions of DevTest
Component : CA Service Virtualization
Configuring the API request call http://RegistryServerHostName:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs with "Accept:application/vnd.ca.lisainvoke.virtualService+json" header element resolves the issue.
http://RegistryServerHostName:1505/api/Dcm/VSEs will show the Response headers configuration information as below: