Field name recommendations

[konklone]

From https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/json/BILLSTATUS/115/s -

{
"mimeType": "application/xml",
"size": "17.4 kB",
"lastModifiedTime": 1491269941000,
"fullFileName": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"name": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"fmtLastModified": "04-Apr-2017 01:39",
"folder": false,
"displayLable": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"cfrTitle": 0,
"justFileName": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"fileExtention": "xml"
}

I have a few recommendations:

• Spelling fields out entirely instead of using abbreviations. So fmtLastModified would better be represented as formattedLastModified or lastModifiedFormatted -- or, to be consistent with the lastModifiedTime field, formattedLastModifiedTime or lastModifiedTimeFormatted. This avoids ambiguity and keeps things consistent.
• Making the size field an integer containing the number of bytes, instead of a text field like "17.4 kB". That will require an unnecessary amount of text parsing, and also drops information (is it exactly 17.4 kB? It's probably being rounded). This is similar to the approach taken for lastModifiedTime.

[jonquandt]

Thanks for the feedback! - Scheduled for our next release, and we'll let you know when it's available.

[jonquandt]

This is resolved and available.

{
"mimeType": "application/xml",
"size": 18071,
"formattedLastModifiedTime": "19-Jun-2017 11:48",
"fullFileName": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"name": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"folder": false,
"displayLabel": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"formattedSize": "17.6 kB",
"justFileName": "BILLSTATUS-115s17.xml",
"fileExtention": "xml"
},

[konklone]

Thank you! 😺