XML-RPC - Data Types

Data Types

Common datatypes are converted into their XML equivalents with example values shown below:

Name Tag Example Description
array 1404 Something here 1 Array of values, storing no keys
base64 eW91IGNhbid0IHJlYWQgdGhpcyE= Base64-encoded binary data
boolean 1 Boolean logical value (0 or 1)
date/time 19980717T14:08:55 Date and time in ISO 8601 format
double -12.53 Double precision floating point number
integer 42

or

42 		Whole number, integer
string Hello world! String of characters. Must follow XML encoding.
struct foo 1 bar 2 Associative array
nil Discriminated null value; an XML-RPC extension

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