I’ve been messing with the Foursquare API and I was getting frustrated by it’s unreadable output. Too much XML, not enough whitespace! jmhobbs@katya:~$ curl -l http://api.foursquare.com/v1/venues?geolat=41.243385\&geolong=-96.017697 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <venues><group type="Nearby"><venue><id>170922</id><name>Peter Kiewit Institute</name><primarycategory><id>79037</id><fullpathname>College & Education:University</fullpathname><nodename>University</nodename><iconurl>http://foursquare.com/img/categories/education/default.png</iconurl></primarycategory><address>1110 South 67th Street</address><crossstreet>at Pacific St</crossstreet><city>Omaha</city><state>NE</state><zip>68182</zip><geolat>41.2436984</geolat><geolong>-96.0146702</geolong><stats><herenow>0</herenow></stats><phone>4025543333</phone><twitter>PKI</twitter><distance>255</distance></venue><venue><id>345883</id><name>Liv Lounge</name><primarycategory><id>79168</id><fullpathname>Nightlife:Lounge</fullpathname><nodename>Lounge</nodename><iconurl>http://foursquare.com/img/categories/nightlife/lounge.png</iconurl></primarycategory><address>2279 S 67th St</address><crossstreet>at Center St</crossstreet><city>Omaha</city><state>Nebraska</state><zip>68106</zip><geolat>41.2436984</geolat><geolong>-96.0146702</geolong><stats><herenow>0</herenow></stats><distance>255</distance></venue><venue><id>245578</id><name>Walmart</name><primarycategory><id>79221</id><fullpathname>Shops:Department Store</fullpathname><nodename>Department Store</nodename><iconurl>http://foursquare.com/img/categories/shops/default.png</iconurl></primarycategory><address>1606 S 72nd St</address><crossstreet>at Pine St</crossstreet><city>Omaha</city><state>NE</state><zip>68124</zip><geolat>41.2440158</geolat><geolong>-96.0241158</geolong><stats><herenow>0</herenow></stats><phone>4023939560</phone><distance>541</distance></venue><venue><id>254875</id><name>Aksarben Village</name><primarycategory><id>79196</id><fullpathname>Parks & Outdoors:Plaza / [...] Related posts: