Crud Json API, custom controller function

Need Help
#1

Hi, I use the crud json api for my json api, it works great so far. Now I’d like to crate a custom method which only returns a few fields (id, name) for a certain table. Therefore I created a new function called slimlist. When I return the data like this: $this->set([ 'success' => true, 'data' => $query, '_serialize' => ['success', 'data'] ]);
I receive the json data just fine. But I’d like to receive the data in the same structure (Json Api style) as I do when I use the regular index functions of the Crud Json Api plugin. So my question is, how can I create a function that returns json api styled results but with limited fields?
Thanks

#2

I don’t know if I understood your question, but if you are looking to get a JSON response from your controller you can echo it out. You have to pass your variables first like so…

$this->set(compact($var1, $var2));

Then you have to make sure you JSON encode them like so…

 echo json_encode(compact('var1', 'var2'));

I hope I understood your question.

Happy coding !!

#3

Hi,

You can use CRUD API sparse fieldsets in your GET request to achieve filtered fields.

#4

thank you for your answers, the sparse fieldsets did it for me!