4.2.1.7 Retrieve a Collection of Entities with Named Resource Streams by Using the AtomPub Format

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The following example illustrates the exchange of messages that is required for a client to retrieve a collection of Photo entities, each with two named resource streams (Thumbnail and PrintReady), by using the AtomPub format. This example is supported only in the OData 3.0 protocol.

Request:

 GET /service.svc/Photos HTTP/1.1
 Host: host
 Accept: application/atom+xml
 DataServiceVersion: 3.0
 MaxDataServiceVersion: 3.0

Response:

 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">Photos</title>
         <id>http://host/service.svc/Photos</id>
         <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:46Z</updated>
         <link rel="self" title="Photos" href="Photos/SampleModel.Photo" />
         <entry>
           <category term="SampleModel.Photo"
             scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
           <id>http://host/service.svc/Photos(1)</id>
           <title type="text" />
           <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:45Z</updated>
           <author>
             <name />
           </author>
           <link rel="edit" title="Photos" href="Photos(1)/SampleModel.Photo " />
           <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/mediaresource/Thumbnail"
      
             type="image/png"
             title="Thumbnail"
             href="Photos(1)/SampleModel.Photo/Thumbnail " /> 
           <link 
 rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/edit-media/Thumbnail" 
             type="image/png"
             title="Thumbnail"
             href="Photos(1)/SampleModel.Photo/Thumbnail " />
    
           <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/mediaresource/PrintReady" 
             type="image/png"
             title="PrintReady"
             href="Photos(1)/SampleModel.Photo/PrintReady " /> 
           <link 
 rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/edit-media/PrintReady" 
             type="image/png"
             title="PrintReady"
             href="Photos(1)/SampleModel.Photo/PrintReady " />
            
           <content type="application/xml">
            <m:properties>
             <d:ID m:type="Edm.Int32">1</d:ID>
             <d:Name m:type="Edm.String">Mount Fuji</d:Name>
            </m:properties>
           </content>
         </entry>
         <entry>
           <category term="SampleModel.Photo"
             scheme="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme"/>
           <id>http://host/service.svc/Photos(2)</id>
           <title type="text" />
           <updated>2008-03-30T21:52:45Z</updated>
           <author>
             <name />
           </author>
           <link rel="edit" title="Photos" href="Photos(2)/SampleModel.Photo" />
           <link    rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/mediaresource/Thumbnail"     
             type="image/png"
             title="Thumbnail"
             href="Photos(2)/SampleModel.Photo/Thumbnail " /> 
           <link 
 rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/edit-media/Thumbnail" 
             type="image/png"
             title="Thumbnail"
             href="Photos(2)/SampleModel.Photo/Thumbnail " 
             m:etag="######" />   
           <link rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/mediaresource/PrintReady" 
             type="image/png"
             title="PrintReady"
             href="Photos(2)/SampleModel.Photo/PrintReady " /> 
           <link 
 rel="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/edit-media/PrintReady" 
             type="image/png"
             title="PrintReady"
             href="Photos(2)/SampleModel.Photo/PrintReady "
             m:etag="######" />
            
           <content type="application/xml">
             <m:properties>
              <d:ID m:type="Edm.Int32">2</d:ID>
              <d:Name m:type="Edm.String">Mount Rainier</d:Name>
            </m:properties>
           </content>
         </entry>
 </feed>