Transform and simplify the API response in Strapi 4

You may want to remove the data from the API response

For example:

{
    data: {
        attributes: {
            name: "Some User Name",
            age: 22
        }
    }
}

Forcing you to write or destructure more levels like: data.attributes.name

Becomes:

{
    data: {
        // attributes: { // Gone for good
            name: "Some User Name",
            age: 22
        //}
    }
}

Now makes you to chain less levels in your frontend or app: data.name

Install the Plugin:

npm install strapi-plugin-transformer

OR

yarn add strapi-plugin-transformer

Add this to your config file:

./strapi-project/config/plugins.ts

export default ({ env }) => ({
  transformer: {
    enabled: true,
    config: {
      responseTransforms: {
        removeAttributesKey: true,
        removeDataKey: true,
      },
    },
  },
});

Last updated on January 28, 2025

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