strange json formatting of materials call

hi shapeways,

i get the feeling the 'get materials' call has a really strange Json structure

For example this comes out:

"materials":{
"6":{
"materialId":"6",
"title":"White Strong & Flexible",
"supportsColorFiles":"0",
"printerId":"5",
"swatch":" https:\/\/static1.sw-cdn.net\/rrstatic\/img\/materials\/plas tic_wsf_white.jpg ",
"restrictions":null
},

If i double check the Json documentation at json.org this would mean:
Object materials -> has object "6" (since "{" denotes the start of an object))

Since we have multiple materials it sounds logically they should be in some sort of a collection (so all standard json parsing codes now better how to handle it)

I think it would make sense to put them in an array ( i compared your code with for example some parts of the mailchimp Api )

"materials": [{
"materialId":"6",
"title":"White Strong & Flexible",
"supportsColorFiles":"0",
"printerId":"5",
"swatch":" https:\/\/static1.sw-cdn.net\/rrstatic\/img\/materials\/plas tic_wsf_white.jpg ",
"restrictions":null
}, ...other material objects ]



or am i not seeing something?


chrs,
Elco

Expanding on this topic,

if you look at the call to get a single material,

the properties of the material are at the same level as for example the 'result' string. Which is strange since the result of a call has nothing to do with the material properties.. So there should be an object "Material" : .{ ..... }


maybe it can contribute in the future..


Elco