Downloading and uploading datasets through files

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Inserting new data, such as products, one-by-one can be a daunting and tedious task. Automating it, for example through a prepared file, can save a lot of time and work.

Suggested resources

• GET /files/{context} would download a file with the same contents that GET /data/{context} would return as JSON.
• POST /files/{context} would insert new data that is parsed from the input file and does not collide with existences.
• PUT /files/{context} would update internal data that is matched to existences from the input file.

Additional considerations

• Should support three file formats; two for automation and a third one for usage of most end-users
  • csv files
  • txt files with length-delimited fields
  • xlsx (2007-365 Excel) files
• Should support the same query parameters as GET,POST,PUT /data/* counterparts; pagination, filtering, etcetera