diff --git a/DataList/DataListMiniVariant.cs b/DataList/DataListMiniVariant.cs
index eea262b..fd6ebd0 100644
--- a/DataList/DataListMiniVariant.cs
+++ b/DataList/DataListMiniVariant.cs
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ namespace raven_integration
         /// </summary>       
         [Fact]
         public async void ListShouldFetchAsMiniVersion()
-        {         
+        {
            
-            ApiResponse a = await Util.GetAsync("DataList/list?DataListKey=TestWidgetDataList&Offset=0&Limit=3&mini=true", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
+            ApiResponse a = await Util.PostAsync($"DataList", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), Util.BuildDataListRequest(null, null, 3, 0, true));
             Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
 
 
diff --git a/DataList/DataListReturnFormat.cs b/DataList/DataListReturnFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..945e02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DataList/DataListReturnFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+
+namespace raven_integration
+{
+
+    public class DataListPaging
+    {
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Return format test
+        /// </summary>       
+        [Fact]
+        public async void DataListReturnFormatShouldWorkAsExpected()
+        {
+
+            ApiResponse a = await Util.PostAsync($"DataList", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"), Util.BuildDataListRequest(null, null, 3, 2));
+            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
+            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 200);
+
+            //assert aAll contains at least three records
+            ((JArray)a.ObjectResponse["data"]).Count.Should().Be(3);
+            //sb a total record count greater than 3
+            ((JValue)a.ObjectResponse["totalRecordCount"]).Value<long>().Should().BeGreaterThan(3);
+            //sb a column header collection greater than 3
+            ((JArray)a.ObjectResponse["columns"]).Count.Should().BeGreaterThan(3);
+
+        }
+
+
+        //==================================================
+
+    }//eoc
+}//eons
diff --git a/DataList/DataListRights.cs b/DataList/DataListRights.cs
index 3bc3841..f7c02d5 100644
--- a/DataList/DataListRights.cs
+++ b/DataList/DataListRights.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ namespace raven_integration
             /*
             "{\"error\":{\"code\":\"2004\",\"message\":\"User not authorized for this resource operation (insufficient rights)\"}}"
             */
-            ApiResponse a = await Util.GetAsync("DataList/list?DataListKey=TestWidgetDataList&Offset=0&Limit=3", await Util.GetTokenAsync("CustomerLimited"));
+            //ApiResponse a = await Util.GetAsync("DataList/list?DataListKey=TestWidgetDataList&Offset=0&Limit=3", await Util.GetTokenAsync("CustomerLimited"));
+            ApiResponse a = await Util.PostAsync($"DataList", await Util.GetTokenAsync("CustomerLimited"), Util.BuildDataListRequest());
             Util.ValidateErrorCodeResponse(a, 2004, 403);
         }
 
diff --git a/DataList/Paging.cs b/DataList/Paging.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 53bbceb..0000000
--- a/DataList/Paging.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using Xunit;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using FluentAssertions;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Collections.Concurrent;
-
-namespace raven_integration
-{
-
-    public class DataListPaging
-    {
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Paging test
-        /// </summary>       
-        [Fact]
-        public async void PagingShouldWorkAsExpected()
-        {
-            //Get all
-            ApiResponse a = await Util.GetAsync("DataList/list?DataListKey=TestWidgetDataList&Offset=2&Limit=3", await Util.GetTokenAsync("manager", "l3tm3in"));
-            Util.ValidateDataReturnResponseOk(a);
-            Util.ValidateHTTPStatusCode(a, 200);
-
-            //assert aAll contains at least two records
-            ((JArray)a.ObjectResponse["data"]).Count.Should().Be(3);
-
-            JObject jp = (JObject)a.ObjectResponse["paging"];
-            jp["count"].Value<long>().Should().BeGreaterThan(5);
-            jp["offset"].Value<int>().Should().Be(2);
-            jp["limit"].Value<int>().Should().Be(3);
-            jp["first"].Value<string>().Should().EndWith("&pageSize=3");
-            jp["previous"].Value<string>().Should().EndWith("&pageSize=3");
-            jp["next"].Value<string>().Should().EndWith("&pageSize=3");
-            jp["last"].Value<string>().Should().EndWith("&pageSize=3");
-        }
-
-
-
-
-
-
-        //==================================================
-
-    }//eoc
-}//eons
diff --git a/util.cs b/util.cs
index cf95550..a2b384e 100644
--- a/util.cs
+++ b/util.cs
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ namespace raven_integration
         }
 
 
-        public static string BuildDataListRequest(dynamic dFilter, dynamic dSort=null, int limit = 999, int offset = 0, bool mini = false, string dataListKey = "TestWidgetDataList")
+        public static string BuildDataListRequest(dynamic dFilter = null, dynamic dSort = null, int limit = 999, int offset = 0, bool mini = false, string dataListKey = "TestWidgetDataList")
         {
             /*
             {
@@ -604,7 +604,8 @@ namespace raven_integration
             d.limit = limit;
             d.mini = mini;
             d.dataListKey = dataListKey;
-            d.filterJson = dFilter.ToString();
+            if (dFilter != null)
+                d.filterJson = dFilter.ToString();
             if (dSort != null)
                 d.sortJson = dSort.ToString();
             return d.ToString();