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$ soultec get list/insights/year/2016 -o yaml$ soultec get list/insights/year/2016 -o json$ soultec get list/insights/year/2016 -o toml$ soultec get list/insights/year/2016 -o xml$ python3 insights/year/2016.pyPS> ./insights/year/2016.ps1$ go run insights/year/2016.go$ node insights/year/2016.js

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