Site Studio Contributor as a form

I have a requirement where end users need to fill in a short form (1 x plain text field, 1 x WYSIWYG field) and submit it as an xml file to the content server. We cannot use the Site Studio Contributor in this scenario, but wanted to hook into the Site Studio services/methods/functions mainly for security i.e. cross site scripting etc.
Does anyone know if documentation for services/functions to use? Any tips would be much appreciated.
We using 11gr3

Hi,
I have created the custom componenet through component wizard. I have created resource, template file and service as hello_user.
I have referred the site
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=TiUzMYbpg2MC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=content+server+custom+component&source=bl&ots=mIpxohCXKw&sig=slBafW2vpwIL75KzUYpTUToDjVQ&hl=en&ei=14RISuPeI9SxsgbspLXXCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2
When I ran the service using url. http://<mycontentserver>/idc/idcplg?IdcService=HELLO_USER, it showed me the error as below
Content Server Request Failed
Configuration error for request 'HELLO_USER'. No dynamic HTML page.
I hope you get the problem details.
Thanks,
Shyamal

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