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Dan L.10
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11 years ago

API v2 feedback: files' ".tag" attribute extremely unfriendly for HTTP/JSON

I'm using v2 of the HTTP API and wanted to pass along some feedback. When I hit a files list from an endpoint like files/list_folder, I get a JSON response like this: { entries: [   { '.tag': ...
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Dan L.10's avatar
Dan L.10
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

The files search API returns lists like:

```
[
{ match_type: { '.tag': 'filename'},
  metadata: { '.tag': 'file', ...}
}
]
```

Both `_.pluck(results, 'match_type.tag')` and `_.pluck(results, 'match_type..tag')` fail.

Any filter is awkward: `list.filter( result => result.metadata['.tag'] === 'folder' )`

Any javascript/JSON api should not be using .'s, -'s, or spaces in attribute names.  Makes developing against it very kludgy.

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