Anthony Fadale xDHILEx

Sales Tax API

There are many companies providing sales tax API. Out of all the companies, Avalara offers free API service for sales Tax. This gist is all about setting up avalara API and querying it.

The Free-To-Use API by avalara has some restrictions. Usage of this API is subject to rate limits. Users who exceed the rate limit will receive HTTP response code 429 - Too Many Requests. The requirement for this API is to create an avalara free trail account. You can create a free account using this link create free account.

Once you have filled the form from above link, you will get an e-mail containing temporary credentials to login the avalara account. The e-mail will look something like this:

Docker Cli Tips and Tricks

My favorite command line options and best practices

Bash/zsh completion
use Tab to populate command line, narrows down options as you go, fills in container names, ID's, images, volumes. Huge time saver.

	CONTAINER="name"
	DB="Db name"
	TABLE="Table Name"
	FILE="file.csv"

	sudo docker exec -u postgres ${CONTAINER} psql -d ${DB} -c "COPY ${TABLE} TO STDOUT WITH CSV HEADER " > ${FILE}