GET <%= @ssl_api_domain %>channels/1417.json.xml

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "My New Channel",
  "description": null,
  "metadata": null,
  "latitude": null,
  "longitude": null,
  "created_at": "2014-03-25T13:12:50-04:00",
  "elevation": null,
  "last_entry_id": null,
  "ranking": 15,
  "username": "hans",
  "tags": []
}

The response will be an XML object of public Channels, for example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<channel>
    <id type="integer">4</id>
    <name>My New Channel</name>
    <description nil="true" />
    <metadata nil="true" />
    <latitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
    <longitude type="decimal" nil="true" />
    <created-at type="dateTime">2014-03-25T20:17:44-04:00</created-at>
    <elevation nil="true" />
    <last-entry-id type="integer" nil="true" />
    <ranking type="integer">15</ranking>
    <username>hans</username>
    <tags type="array" />
</channel>