4.2.1.1 Retrieve a Collection of Entities by Using the AtomPub Format
The following example illustrates the exchange of messages required for a client to retrieve a collection of Order entities related to a specific Customer entity from a data service.
Request:
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GET /service.svc/Customers('ALFKI')/Orders HTTP/1.1 Host: host Accept: application/atom+xml DataServiceVersion: 1.0 MaxDataServiceVersion: 3.0
Response:
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:17:11 GMT Content-Type: application/atom+xml;type=feed Content-Length: nnn DataServiceVersion:3.0 <feed xml:base="http://host/service.svc/" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <title type="text">Orders</title> <id>http://host/service.svc/Customers('ALFKI')/Orders</id> <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:46Z</updated> <link rel="self" title="Orders" href="Customers('ALFKI')/SampleModel.Customer /Orders" /> <entry> <category term="SampleModel.Order" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/> <id>http://host/service.svc/Orders(1)</id> <title type="text" /> <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:45Z</updated> <author> <name /> </author> <link rel="edit" title="Orders" href="Orders(1)/SampleModel.Order " /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Customer" type="application/atom+xml;type=entry" title="Customer" href="Orders(1)/SampleModel.Order/Customer" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/relatedlinks/Customer" type="application/xml" title="Customer" href="Orders(1)/ SampleModel.Order/$links/Customer" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/OrderLines" type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" title="OrderLines" href="Orders(1)/SampleModel.Order/OrderLines" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/relatedlinks/OrderLines" type="application/xml" title="OrderLines" href="Orders(1)/SampleModel.Order/$links/OrderLines" /> <content type="application/xml"> <m:properties> <d:OrderID m:type="Edm.Int32">1</d:OrderID> <d:ShippedDate m:type="Edm.DateTime">1997-08-25T00:00:00</d:ShippedDate> </m:properties> </content> </entry> <entry> <category term="SampleModel.Order" scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/> <id>http://host/service.svc/Orders(2)</id> <title type="text" /> <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:45Z</updated> <author> <name /> </author> <link rel="edit" title="Orders" href="Orders(2)/SampleModel.Order" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/Customer" type="application/atom+xml;type=entry" title="Customer" href="Orders(2)/SampleModel.Order/Customer" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/relatedlinks/Customer" type="application/xml" title="Customer" href="Orders(2)/SampleModel.Order/$links/Customer" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/OrderLines" type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" title="OrderLines" href="Orders(2)/SampleModel.Order/OrderLines" /> <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/relatedlinks/OrderLines" type="application/xml" title="OrderLines" href="Orders(2)/SampleModel.Order/$links/OrderLines" /> <content type="application/xml"> <m:properties> <d:OrderID m:type="Edm.Int32">2</d:OrderID> <d:ShippedDate m:type="Edm.DateTime">1997-10-03T00:00:00</d:ShippedDate> </m:properties> </content> </entry> </feed>