<p>Not cleanly... the <a href="https://github.com/thephpleague/fractal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fractal</a> library that the Element API plugin uses to serialize that data has <code>'data'</code> hard-coded as the root element if no other resource key is passed in.</p>

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2017-09-14T20:24:49.643Z
2017-09-14T20:24:49.643Z
Brad Bell
<p>The output of a Element API endpoint allows you to change the resourceKey which contains the json data. Is it possible to return <em>just</em> the data without a resourceKey at all?</p>

<p>Values such as null, false and empty string just default to data. </p>

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Element API endpoint without a resourceKey
# Element API endpoint without a resourceKey

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-14)

The output of a Element API endpoint allows you to change the resourceKey which contains the json data. Is it possible to return *just* the data without a resourceKey at all?

Values such as null, false and empty string just default to data.

**Tags:** plugin-elementapi

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-14. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Not cleanly... the [Fractal](https://github.com/thephpleague/fractal) library that the Element API plugin uses to serialize that data has `'data'` hard-coded as the root element if no other resource key is passed in.


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