Fix formatting in changes-since guide
This fixes the weird formatting in the changes-since guide along with splitting up the giant wall of text so this is easier to consume. Change-Id: Ia15d3b5e3e1e8279d9109ca9c54f213c3e7838bb
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Efficient polling with the Changes-Since parameter
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Efficient polling with the changes-since parameter
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The REST API allows you to poll for the status of certain operations by
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performing a **GET** on various elements. Rather than re-downloading and
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re-parsing the full status at each polling interval, your REST client
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may use the *``changes-since``* parameter to check for changes since a
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previous request. The *``changes-since``* time is specified as an `ISO
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may use the ``changes-since`` parameter to check for changes since a
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previous request.
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The ``changes-since`` time is specified as an `ISO
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8601 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601>`__ dateTime
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(2011-01-24T17:08Z). The form for the timestamp is CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.
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(2011-01-24T17:08Z). The form for the timestamp is **CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss**.
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An optional time zone may be written in by appending the form ±hh:mm
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which describes the timezone as an offset from UTC. When the timezone is
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not specified (2011-01-24T17:08), the UTC timezone is assumed. If
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nothing has changed since the *``changes-since``* time, an empty list is
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not specified (2011-01-24T17:08), the UTC timezone is assumed.
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If nothing has changed since the ``changes-since`` time, an empty list is
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returned. If data has changed, only the items changed since the
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specified time are returned in the response. For example, performing a
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**GET** against
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https://api.servers.openstack.org/v2.1/servers?\ *``changes-since``*\ =2015-01-24T17:08Z
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would list all servers that have changed since Mon, 24 Jan 2015 17:08:00
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UTC.
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**GET** against::
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To allow clients to keep track of changes, the changes-since filter
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https://api.servers.openstack.org/v2.1/servers?changes-since=2015-01-24T17:08Z
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would list all servers that have changed since Mon, 24 Jan 2015 17:08:00 UTC.
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To allow clients to keep track of changes, the ``changes-since`` filter
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displays items that have been *recently* deleted. Both images and
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servers contain a ``DELETED`` status that indicates that the resource
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has been removed. Implementations are not required to keep track of
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deleted resources indefinitely, so sending a changes since time in the
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deleted resources indefinitely, so sending a ``changes-since`` time in the
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distant past may miss deletions.
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