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API - XML or JSON output ?

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We're considering building an API to our application. To all those that have created one, which output do most of your developer users use - XML or JSON ? Which one should we concentrate on first?

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I also agree about JSON. JSON is quicker to serialize to and from than XML, and it also uses less bandwidth.

Realistically though, the serialization should be a simple layer on the top of your API, and there isn't anything that should prevent you from doing both quickly.

JSON. Its serializable and has cross-browser support for in-built parsing. Moreover JSON data packets are light-weight as compared to XML, which means you'll also save on bandwidth and the data interchange will be quicker.

JSON. XML is crufty.

I prefer to use JSON but your API should provide multiple appropriate formats. What's the actual data?

JSON

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