API feedback: It's faster to grep HTML

[Miro Hrončok]

Hi,

For each package in a Copr, I want to get:

* latest build ID (doesn't matter if latest successful or latest any)
* that build status

To get it I can either use this:

    copr list-packages --with-latest-succeeded-build <copr>

Or parse the HTML returned from the Monitor page.

Here's my feedback: The API option should be faster. It isn't.

For a copr with only 24 builds, the JSON option takes 29 seconds, the HTML 
option takes 1 second.

For a copr with 10k+ builds, the JSON option takes longer than I was willing to 
wait, the HTML option takes 6 seconds.

If getting the information I need by parsing HTML is more pleasant than getting 
it via the API, something is wrong with the API.

Not sure if this is severe enough to file a bug report, but please consider this 
feedback in your future API design decisions.

Thank you,
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