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requesting CSV should be done via parameter, not HTTP header. #300

Closed dbregman closed 1 month ago

dbregman commented 1 month ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Polygon recently introduced CSV output from the REST APIs by setting a HTTP header, accept:text/csv. CSV is great, but unfortunately setting a HTTP header is terrible UX. When doing a basic request in my browser (URL bar) there's simply no way to set headers. This is a frequent use case for me personally and I can't use CSV here at all. Even when coding up the requests in a programming language, setting headers can be quite a few extra steps that require digging into documentation of the particular HTTP library. Multiply this by the number of languages / http libs you use polygon from.

Describe the solution you'd like Just have a parameter like &format=csv

AHangstefer commented 1 month ago

Hi! Thanks for reaching out. That's a great idea. You can submit ideas through our roadmap! Users can vote on what's most important to them and we use that data to help us decide what features to work on next.