+Example ``format=json`` reply:
+
+::
+
+ [{"name": "object",
+ "bytes": 0,
+ "hash": "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",
+ "content_type": "application/octet-stream",
+ "last_modified": "2011-12-02T08:10:41.565891+00:00",
+ "x_object_meta": {"asdf": "qwerty"},
+ "x_object_hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+ "x_object_version": 98,
+ "x_object_version_timestamp": "1322813441.565891",
+ "x_object_modified_by": "user"}, ...]
+
+Example ``format=xml`` reply:
+
+::
+
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <container name="pithos">
+ <object>
+ <name>object</name>
+ <bytes>0</bytes>
+ <hash>d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e</hash>
+ <content_type>application/octet-stream</content_type>
+ <last_modified>2011-12-02T08:10:41.565891+00:00</last_modified>
+ <x_object_meta>
+ <key>asdf</key><value>qwerty</value>
+ </x_object_meta>
+ <x_object_hash>e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855</x_object_hash>
+ <x_object_version>98</x_object_version>
+ <x_object_version_timestamp>1322813441.565891</x_object_version_timestamp>
+ <x_object_modified_by>chazapis</x_object_modified_by>
+ </object>
+ <object>...</object>
+ </container>
+
+For more examples of container details returned in JSON/XML formats refer to the OOS API documentation. In addition to the OOS API, Pithos returns all fields. Metadata values are grouped and returned as key-value pairs.