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From: Ian Bicking

Subject: DC API

Date: Jun 22, 2009 04:52 PM

OK, this is just weird; you get this list of descriptions:
http://api.dc.gov/open311/v1/meta_getTypesList.json And this is the result:
{"servicetypeslist": [{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Abandoned
Bicycles"}, {"servicecode": "S0021"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Abandoned Vehicles"}, {"servicecode": "S0000"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Alley Cleaning"}, {"servicecode":
"S0011"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Alley Lights"},
{"servicecode": "S05AL"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Alley
Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0016"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype":
"Autumn Leaf Collection"}, {"servicecode": "S0196"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Bulk Collection"}, {"servicecode": "S0031"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Curb & Gutter Repair"},
{"servicecode": "S0081"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Dead
Animal"}, {"servicecode": "11"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype":
"Eviction"}, {"servicecode": "S0146"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Graffiti"}, {"servicecode": "GRAFF"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Grass & Weeds Mowing"},
{"servicecode": "S0166"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "How Am I
Driving? (Complaint)"}, {"servicecode": "HMDCP"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "How Am I Driving? (Compliment)"}, {"servicecode":
"HMDCM"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Illegal Dumping"},
{"servicecode": "S0181"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Litter
Can Service or Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0217"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Parking Enforcement"}, {"servicecode": "S0261"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Parking Meter Damage"},
{"servicecode": "S0277"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Parking
Meter Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0276"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Parking Meters"}, {"servicecode": "0"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Pavement Markings"}, {"servicecode":
"S0291"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Potholes"},
{"servicecode": "S0301"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Rat
Abatement"}, {"servicecode": "S0311"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Recycling Bin"}, {"servicecode": "S0316"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Recycling Collection"},
{"servicecode": "S0321"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype":
"Residential Parking Permit"}, {"servicecode": "RPP"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Sanitation Enforcement"},
{"servicecode": "S0346"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype":
"ServiceType"}, {"servicecode": "ServiceCode"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Sidewalk Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0361"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Signs - Parking"}, {"servicecode":
"S0286"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Signs - Street Name"},
{"servicecode": "S0371"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Street
Cleaning"}, {"servicecode": "S0391"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Street Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0406"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Streetlight Repair"},
{"servicecode": "S05SL"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype":
"Supercan"}, {"servicecode": "S0421"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Traffic Signals"}, {"servicecode": "S0436"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Traffic Signs"}, {"servicecode":
"S0376"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Trash Collection"},
{"servicecode": "S0441"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Tree
Emergency"}, {"servicecode": "S0457"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Tree Maintenance"}, {"servicecode": "S0456"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Tree Planting"}, {"servicecode":
"S04TP"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Tree Removal"},
{"servicecode": "S0459"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Tree
Trimming"}, {"servicecode": "S0460"}]}, {"servicetype":
[{"servicetype": "Utility Cuts Repair"}, {"servicecode": "S0466"}]},
{"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Vacant Lot"}, {"servicecode":
"S0471"}]}, {"servicetype": [{"servicetype": "Yard Waste Collection"},
{"servicecode": "S0476"}]}]}


That is not a very sane looking JSON structure.  Admittedly it's considered
good practice to return objects and not lists, but still I would expect:

{"servicetypeslist": [{"name": "Abandoned Bicycles", "code": "S0021"}, ...]}

Really what they give is just kind of crazy...


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Re: DC API — Jeff Hammel

From: Jeff Hammel

Subject: Re: DC API

Date: Jun 22, 2009 06:22 PM

I was noticing that myself.  I assume it that this JSON is either flexible or not finished yes, because this looks pretty crazy

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 03:52:16PM -0500, Ian Bicking wrote:
>    OK, this is just weird; you get this list of descriptions:
>    [1]http://api.dc.gov/open311/v1/meta_getTypesList.json�
>    And this is the result:
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>    That is not a very sane looking JSON structure. �Admittedly it's
>    considered good practice to return objects and not lists, but still I
>    would expect:
>    {"servicetypeslist": [{"name": "Abandoned Bicycles", "code": "S0021"},
>    ...]}
>    Really what they give is just kind of crazy...
> 
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