Add ?t=xml parameter for getting file statistics #1541

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tahoe-lafs · 2011-09-25T00:37:07Z

bibilthaysose commented

2011-09-25 00:37:07 +00:00

The best way to programmatically retrieve file statistics is currently with GET /uri/$PATH?t=json. However, xml has some advantages (such as xpath, xsl, xsv) over json.

The general consensus seems to be that converting generically between json and xml is problematic because of things like attributes, cdata and textual elements. However, I believe that these difficulties are only encountered when translating richly written xml (that makes use of the aforementioned artifacts) to json. It seems like going from json to xml should not carry such difficulties.

There is a library of xsl functions called fxsl which contains a function called f:json_document(). This would require the libxslt (and libxml2) module if it were to be used on the server side.

The best way to programmatically retrieve file statistics is currently with GET /uri/$PATH?t=json. However, xml has some advantages (such as xpath, xsl, xsv) over json. The general consensus seems to be that converting generically between json and xml is problematic because of things like attributes, cdata and textual elements. However, I believe that these difficulties are only encountered when translating richly written xml (that makes use of the aforementioned artifacts) to json. It seems like going from json to xml should not carry such difficulties. There is a library of xsl functions called fxsl which contains a function called f:json_document(). This would require the libxslt (and libxml2) module if it were to be used on the server side.