# The content type is overwritten in any case if a specific [[Serialization|media-type]] is chosen, again as query parameter or within the query.
The following three example requests will all return <code><a/></code> as result and use with <code>application/xml</code> as content-type:
:<code>http://localhost:8984/rest?query=%3Ca/%3E</code><br/><code>http://localhost:8984/rest?query=%3Ca/%3E&method=xml</code><br/><code>http://localhost:8984/rest?query=%3Ca/%3E&media-type=application/xml</code>