Parse JSON from open RESTful API and save to Visual FoxPro

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Want to parse JSON from open RESTful API and save to Visual FoxPro database?

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Import JSON from open RESTful API to Visual FoxPro database

Choose Visual FoxPro and logon.

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Click “Wizard – 1 File To 1 Table” at task dialog.

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Select “Source File From” with “Url”.

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1. Input the RESTful API URL, and download to JSON file.

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2. Open the saved JSON file.

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3. Config target Visual FoxPro database.

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You can create new Visual FoxPro table by JSON struct, just a few mouse clicks.

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Select table and config fields.

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4. Summary.

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5. Import RESTful JSON to Visual FoxPro.

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See importing results in Visual FoxPro table

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Import API JSON_API to Visual FoxPro in command line

Save “JSON_API to Visual FoxPro” session, then you can:

Set scheduled tasks for importing API JSON_API to Visual FoxPro

You can schedule and automate this importing task by:

  1. Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux/macOS) file for “JSON to Visual FoxPro” conversion.
  2. Set scheduled task for “JSON to Visual FoxPro” conversion.

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