Flatten (and clean) api response

[mbStavola]

The current api response is super nested. For example:

{
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        "hasNext": true,
        "episodes": {
        "myArrayList": [
            {
                "map": {
                    "link": "http://superbestfriendsplay.com/podcast/sbfc-109-tassadars-butthole/",
                    "dc:creator": "Woolie",
                    "description": "<p>Download for Mobile Devices Preview Video &#124; RSS Lots of Metal Gear and Until Dawn talk this<span class=\"blogmore\">more ›<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://superbestfriendsplay.com/podcast/sbfc-109-tassadars-butthole/\">SBFC 109: Tassadar&#8217;s Butthole<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://superbestfriendsplay.com\">Super Best Friends Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n",
                    "title": "SBFC 109: Tassadar&#8217;s Butthole",
                    "pubDate": "Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:16:13 +0000",
                    "itunes:explicit": "No",
                    "itunes:duration": "0:00",
                    "itunes:block": "No",
                    "itunes:summary": "Download for Mobile Devices\r\n\r\nPreview Video | RSS\r\n\r\nLots of Metal Gear and Until Dawn talk this week, but dont fret, its completely spoiler free!\r\n\r\nOutro: Nuclear Throne OST - Main Theme\r\n\r\n\tSonicFox vs Perfect Legend, MKX grudge match ends 13-0\r\n\tArcSys is planning to poll players on what characters should join Xrd. You know what to do. (BAIKEN)\r\n\tMotion sickness and difficulty make Miyamoto hesitant with Mario Galaxy 3\r\n\tPikmin 4 in development and very close to completion\r\n\tHalo composer Marty ODonnell wins Bungie legal battle\r\n\tUbisoft plans to open a theme park in Malaysia in 2020\r\n\tA young boy stares out over a dilapidated city in this wonderful piece of concept art for #NieRNewProject \r\n\tMortal Kombat X to get four new DLC characters in 2016\r\n\tFreedom Planet devs found the Wii U holdup, still on the way\r\n\tStar Fox, Kirby and Warrior Princess Peach were almost Skylanders\r\n\tA “MEGA MAN” MOVIE IS A GO AT FOX\r\n\tYu Suzuki Hired A Fan He Met In A Thai Restaurant To Work On Shenmue 3\r\n\tRon Gilbert really wants Disney to sell him the Monkey Island IP\r\n\tIt’s Letter Time\r\n\tThe WATCH\r\n\tWhat’s happening on the site?",
                    "enclosure": {
                        "map": {
                            "length": 1,
                            "type": "audio/mpeg",
                            "url": "http://traffic.libsyn.com/superbestfriendcast/SBFC109.mp3"
                        }
                    }
                },
                "guid": {
                    "map": {
                        "isPermaLink": false,
                        "content": "http://superbestfriendsplay.com/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=10322"
                    }
                },
                "content:encoded": "<p><a href=\"http://traffic.libsyn.com/superbestfriendcast/SBFC109.mp3\">Download for Mobile Devices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http://youtu.be/EKmFEix8HXU\">Preview Video<\/a> | <a href=\"http://superbestfriendsplay.com/?feed=podcast\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lots of Metal Gear and Until Dawn talk this week, but don&#8217;t fret, it&#8217;s completely spoiler free!<\/p>\n<p>Outro: Nuclear Throne OST &#8211; Main Theme<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/01/sonic-fox-defeats-perfect-legend-10-0-3-0-at-summer-jam-9/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SonicFox vs Perfect Legend, MKX grudge match ends 13-0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://shoryuken.com/2015/09/04/shoryuken-poll-who-should-join-guilty-gear-xrd-revelator-s-cast/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ArcSys is planning to poll players on what characters should join Xrd. You know what to do. (BAIKEN)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-17-super-mario-galaxy-3-opportunity-as-hardware-technology-gets-better-and-advances\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motion sickness and difficulty make Miyamoto hesitant with Mario Galaxy 3<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-20-pikmin-4-in-development-and-very-close-to-completion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pikmin 4 in development and &#8220;very close to completion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-09-07-halo-composer-marty-odonnell-wins-bungie-legal-battle\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halo composer Marty O&#8217;Donnell wins Bungie legal battle<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-09-07-ubisoft-plans-to-open-a-theme-park-in-malaysia-in-2020\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ubisoft plans to open a theme park in Malaysia in 2020<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/platinumgames/status/638900165248593920\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A young boy stares out over a dilapidated city in this wonderful piece of concept art for #NieRNewProject <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-09-03-mortal-kombat-x-to-get-four-new-dlc-characters-in-2016\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mortal Kombat X to get four new DLC characters in 2016<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/09/freedom_planet_wii_u_fix_making_progress_galaxytrail_aiming_to_reveal_release_date_soon\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom Planet devs found the Wii U holdup, still on the way<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.destructoid.com/star-fox-and-kirby-were-almost-skylanders-309212.phtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Fox, Kirby and Warrior Princess Peach were almost Skylanders<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-a-mega-man-movie-is-a-go-at-fox/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A “MEGA MAN” MOVIE IS A GO AT FOX<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.siliconera.com/2015/09/03/yu-suzuki-hired-a-fan-he-met-in-a-thai-restaurant-to-work-on-shenmue-3/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yu Suzuki Hired A Fan He Met In A Thai Restaurant To Work On Shenmue 3<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http://www.destructoid.com/ron-gilbert-really-wants-disney-to-sell-him-the-monkey-island-ip-309180.phtml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ron Gilbert really wants Disney to sell him the Monkey Island IP<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s Letter Time<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The WATCH<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s happening on the site?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://superbestfriendsplay.com/podcast/sbfc-109-tassadars-butthole/\">SBFC 109: Tassadar&#8217;s Butthole<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://superbestfriendsplay.com\">Super Best Friends Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n",
                "itunes:subtitle": "Download for Mobile Devices Preview Video | RSS Lots of Metal Gear and Until Dawn talk thismore ›",
                "itunes:author": "Woolie"
            },
        ]
    }
}

The client app has to drill down pretty far to get any useful information, making it really annoying to work with. Additionally, a lot of this data is fluff and probably won't be used anyway.

It would be nice to get responses in a format like this instead:

{
    "hasNext" : true,
    "episodes" : [
        {
            "link" : "http://superbestfriendsplay.com/podcast/sbfc-120-super-bunny-dumps-feat-superbunnyhop/",
            "title" : "SBFC 120: Super Bunny Dumps (feat. SuperBunnyHop)",
            "pubDate" : "Tue, 24 Nov 2015 05:00:26 +0000",
            "duration" : 14477,
            "url" : "http://traffic.libsyn.com/superbestfriendcast/SBFC120.mp3",
            "type" : "audio/mpeg",
        }
    ]
}

A lot cleaner to work with and read!

[kevinmost]

I agree that the all of those unneeded "map" and "myArrayList" things need to go away (I think the GSON transformer is responsible for that nesting), but I don't know if I agree with flattening out the data they provide in each episode (each array element). Not sure if I should, because if the official API schema changes in the future, it might cause conflicts with how I choose to flatten.

[mbStavola]

While I don't think it will change (RSS is a standard), it would be nice if the server could accomodate those changes since the consumer would have to do it anyway!

[kevinmost]

See PR #3