Why the project uses XML API?

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Why the project uses XML API?

Closed this issue 6 years ago · 3 comments

paulmillr commented 13 years ago

Last.FM has JSON API with format=json

http://www.last.fm/api/rest

Answer 1 · 2012-02-26T17:48:08.000Z

@youpy ping.

I can rewrite the project with json if there's no reason because it's easier for debugging etc.

Answer 2 · 2012-02-26T18:19:11.000Z

In 2 years ago, there was (maybe) a bug that a response returns as XML even if 'format=json'.
Another reason to use XML API is it's easiness to parse using xmlsimple and it's 'ForceArray' options.
So I rewrote whole project to use XML instead of JSON.

But if you find a better solution, patches are welcome!

Answer 3 · 2014-02-20T01:28:20.000Z

Came across this while writing a Last.fm app. Two years later and the Last.fm still returns XML instead of JSON sometimes even though format=json. It seems to only happen to me when the response is very large.