We are making an important change on our REST API: Empty JSON key/value pairs will no longer be transmitted. The change is available in Testnet already. It will be deployed to production on 14 Dec 2023 at 03:00 UTC.
What’s Changing?
The REST API does not transmit empty JSON key/value pairs in replies to GET requests. An empty JSON key/value pair is a pair whose value is null (absent).
Examples of JSON null equivalents:
| JSON Data Type | Null Equivalent |
| string | “” |
| timestamp | “2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z” |
| duration | “2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z” |
| uuid | “00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000” |
What should I change?
Implementations should ensure that appropriate defaults are used, if presence of a null field in the JSON message is required.
If you have any questions about these upcoming changes, please contact Support.
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