can the REST API return JSON objects?

Question

Right now the REST API is documented as returning XML. Is there any support for returning the data as JSON? I like using JSON more than XML, and the payload size is smaller than XML, too.

Thanks for any info on this.

-Dan.

kaelac · Answer

Yes, the REST API can return json instead of xml. Just put

?xslt=json.xsl

at the end of your rest call. For example:
http://lithosphere.lithium.com/restapi/vc/threads/recent?xslt=json.xsl

You can also use ?xslt=json-v2.xsl instead. This will force all values to be returned in quotes. Useful if you have number strings that you don't want js to turn into numerical values.

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