---
title: "Request Object"
url: "https://help.internetx.com/en/api/core-request-object/"
lang: "en"
section: "API reference — API reference (XML/JSON)"
breadcrumb: "API documentation (JSON/XML) > Objects > XML specific objects"
updated: "2023-10-25"
---

# Request Object

## Description

The request object defines the structure of the request which can be sent to the XML API.

## Structure

| XML Key | Occurs | Type | Format | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| auth | 0 - 1 | object | [User object](/en/api/core-user-object/) | The authentification |
| owner | 0 - 1 | object | [User object](/en/api/core-user-object/) | The subuser |
| task | 0 - 1 | object | [Task](/en/api/core-task-object/) | The request |

## XML Example

```
<request>
    <auth>
		<user>USER</user>
		<context>CONTEXT</context>
		<password>PASSWORD</password>
	</auth>
    <owner>
		<user>SUBUSER</user>
		<context>SUBUSER_CONTEXT</context>
	</owner>
    <task>
		<code>CODE</code>
		<!-- ... -->
	</task>
    <bulk_limit>5</bulk_limit>
 </request>
```