3386305 - Odata API: "Unknown content type application/xml" error message is displayed after upserting XML format data

Symptom

"Unknown content type application/xml" error message is displayed after upserting XML format data.

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

SF OData API

Reproducing the Issue

Post: odata/v2/upsert

Payload example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xml:base="https://api2.successfactors.eu/odata/v2/">
<id>https://apisalesdemo8.successfactors.com/odata/v2/PerEmail</id>
<title type="text">PerEmail</title>
<updated>2022-04-13T10:23:26.804Z</updated>
<author>
<name/>
</author>
<link href="PerEmail" rel="self" title="PerEmail"/>
<entry>
<id>https://apisalesdemo8.successfactors.com/odata/v2/PerEmail</id>
<title type="text">PerEmail</title>
<updated>2022-04-13T10:23:26.804Z</updated>
<category term="SFOData.PerEmail" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
<link href="PerEmail" rel="edit" title="PerEmail"/>
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:emailAddress>test123@163.com</d:emailAddress>
<d:isPrimary>true</d:isPrimary>
<d:personIdExternal>tadmin</d:personIdExternal>
<d:emailType>8447</d:emailType>
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<id>https://apisalesdemo8.successfactors.com/odata/v2/PerEmail</id>
<title type="text">PerEmail</title>
<updated>2022-04-13T10:23:26.804Z</updated>
<category term="SFOData.PerEmail" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
<link href="PerEmail" rel="edit" title="PerEmail"/>
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:emailAddress>test123@qq.com</d:emailAddress>
<d:isPrimary>false</d:isPrimary>
<d:personIdExternal>SFADMIN</d:personIdExternal>
<d:emailType>8447</d:emailType>
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
</feed>

Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<error xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
<code>BadRequestException</code>
<message lang="en-US">Unknown content type application/xml</message>
</error>

Screenshot is below:

Cause

Incorrect Content-Type value in the header:

Resolution

Please use 'application/atom+xml;charset=utf-8' in the field 'Content-Type':

Upsert Results:

Keywords

OData API, Unknown content type application/xml, XML, upsert, application/xml, application/atom+xml;charset=utf-8 , KBA , LOD-SF-INT-ODATA , OData API Framework , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Core 2305

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