I would like to offer a suggestion for a Populi API endpoint to assist with some data challenges that we have been having. As you may know, when working with Westminster Seminary, due to rate limitations, we migrated to the use of the Populi backup file to do data integration rather than other API endpoints. However, our system relies on a daily incremented number for the backup.
Unfortunately, there are any number of issues that could happen that result in the backup number not being incremented by one (something prevented the backup from happening, someone somehow runs two backups in a 24 hour period, etc.). So, our process of internally incrementing the backup ID has flaws. However, we have no way to know what was the most recent backup and so we rely on a "best guess."
Would it be possible for Populi to create a new API endpoint with which we could GET the most recent backup ID? That would allow us to run that statement and guarantee that we retrieve the most recent backup, regardless of when it was run. Just a suggestion that may help other integrations that your partner institutions may seek with external data systems.
