From f1bf2cb5d782162404456e3a0844c8ccfd69272d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Frederick F. Kautz IV" <fkautz@alumni.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 14:04:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Adding JSON Example for GET /

---
 docs/docs/api/minio.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/docs/api/minio.md b/docs/docs/api/minio.md
index d807b8780..df07feb26 100644
--- a/docs/docs/api/minio.md
+++ b/docs/docs/api/minio.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 Minio stores and retrieves data in a logical format based upon REST
 based URLs.
 
+### Note about examples:
+
+XML and JSON results have been prettified for readability. As a result, the Content-Length may not match exactly.
 ```
 Form:
 http://minio.example.com/{bucket}/{path:.*}
@@ -19,6 +22,12 @@ http://minio.example.com/bucket2/path/to/object
 
 List buckets accessible by the user.
 
+The default output is XML. JSON output may also be requested by adding the following header:
+
+```
+Accept: "application/json"
+```
+
 Example:
 ```
 GET / HTTP/1.1
@@ -49,6 +58,39 @@ Content-Length: 306
 </ListAllMyBucketsResult>
 ```
 
+```
+GET / HTTP/1.1
+Accept: application/json
+```
+
+```
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Connection: close
+Content-Type: application/json
+Server: Minio
+Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:59:10 GMT
+Content-Length: 223
+
+{
+   "Owner" : {
+      "ID" : "minio"
+      "DisplayName" : "minio",
+   },
+   "Buckets" : {
+      "Bucket" : [
+         {
+            "Name" : "bucket",
+            "CreationDate" : "2015-01-30T15:20:09.013Z"
+         },
+         {
+            "Name" : "minio",
+            "CreationDate" : "2015-02-02T14:52:34.914Z"
+         }
+      ]
+   }
+}
+```
+
 ## GET /{bucket}/
 
 Lists objects in a bucket.