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Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by firecall on Friday September 15, 2023 @08:38PM (#37530816)
Maybe in part because it encourages you to work with a local copy, rather than just hitting the hosted .csv repeatedly?

Just guessing. I have no idea :-)

Re:Why my favourite API is a zipfile on the European Central... by mmis1000 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @12:25AM (#37532033)
It it exactly what most api optimization does. For example, batch queries merge several api calls into one to reduce api call counts. And it this case, it is perfectly optimized. You have literally one zip file, and there is no more.