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Oh .csv, how I love to loath thee. I have a funny story about .csv. Back in the day I was working on an integration with Fishbowl. Looking through their docs
by redleggedfrog 6y ago
Oh .csv, how I love to loath thee.
I have a funny story about .csv. Back in the day I was working on an integration with Fishbowl. Looking through their docs, the data format was your typical XML type stuff, until you got to the import requests. And there, lo and behold, was XML wrapping, you guessed it, .csv. I literally laughed out loud.
https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/wiki/Fishbowl_Legacy_API#Import https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/wiki/Fishbowl_Legacy_API#I...
Years later they released an updated API. Upon checking it I discovered it's now JSON wrapping .csv, so, you know, progress.
https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/wiki/Fishbowl_API#Import https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/wiki/Fishbowl_API#Import
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