As things stand, it cannot be configured to use JSON instead of XML (it's beyond my control). I submitted the following XML, and still received a 400 error. Is there still something syntactically incorrect? Obviously because of the shift toward JSON, there isn't much documentation on suitable syntax.
<order>
<line-items>
<line-item>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<variant-id>739391395</variant-id>
</line-item>
<line-item>
<quantity>1</quantity>
<variant-id>739382303</variant-id>
</line-item>
</line-items>
</order>