compile api response too complex

[dassio]

from the blog post I was expecting that the partial evaluation would output the simple string, but when using the compile API, the response is an AST which I need to be interpreted and translated for every language (now I am using java), why the compile API is not returning something like the one mentioned in the blog post

# Output #1
pet = data.pets[_]
pet.owner = "alice"
# Output #2
pet = data.pets[_]
pet.veterinarian = "alice";
pet.clinic = "SOMA"

[anderseknert]

Hi @dassio 👋

While the example above is certainly more readable than the JSON formatted AST, I think the expectation for the Compile API is that the response will be handled programmatically and not by a human directly. How do you intend to deal with the response?

You could use opa eval --partial --format source 'data.query.here' to get something resembling that format (I believe, on the phone 😅) but so far I don't think we've had any requests to surface that format in the REST API.