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The .mmp format

The XML file that holds a whole project, the same one the app exports, and how to read it safely.

Export a project as .mmp gives the same .mmp file the app exports: XML holding every shape with its corners, holes and buffers, spots, groups, picture references, products and the project's settings. The app can import it again, so it is also a way to keep your own copy of a project.

Shell
curl https://api.measuremaponline.com/api/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/mmp \
  -H "Authorization: $MMO_API_KEY" \
  -o project.mmp

The answer is application/xml rather than JSON.

The schema#

The format's schema and a validator are published at github.com/blueblinkone/mmp-validator.

Compatibility#

New elements and attributes are only ever added as optional ones. A reader written for an older file keeps working with newer ones, provided it ignores what it does not know. Read files with a real XML parser, and with external entities switched off.

JSON instead#

For most integrations, Get a project's measurements is simpler: the same shapes and spots as JSON, with their areas and lengths already worked out.