Request and response types

You specify the request format by using the Content-Type header. The Cloud Files API supports both the JSON (application/json) and XML (application/xml) data serialization formats, as well as other formats such as text/plain, text/xml, and text/html, along with video, audio, and image types. For pseudo hierarchical folders and directories, application/directory might be used.

You specify the response format in requests by using the Accept header. The Cloud Files API supports both the JSON (application/json) and XML (application/xml) data serialization formats, as well as other formats such as text/plain and text/xml.