Feature request: flatten populated data

[cortopy]

In Strapi v4* (and already using strapi-plugin-transformer) when populating fields, the joined entity comes back flatten as expected 👍

However, they have also added a data field, so you get something like:

{
  image: {
   data: {
      id: 1,
      //...
    }
 }
}

it would be great if, like with the attributes field, the response is flattened to:

{
  image: {
      id: 1,
      //...
 }
}

not sure how complex this would be but just a thought

[adriaanh]

This is related to #12 , I provided a similar situation there as well. In version 1.0.1 the data was flattened, but with 1.0.3 it is not. I have checked with Strapi version 4.0.7 and 4.1.1, and the Strapi version doesn't make a difference.

[ComfortablyCoding]

hello @cortopy and @adriaanh,

The data key not being in the response was a bug in the transformer algorithm, per the removeAttribute example it should have been left in when the attributes key was removed. This was fixed in 1.0.3 as part of #7 (thought i mentioned it, it has since been added as a note on the PR).

It looks like their is some interest in adding an additional setting to revert the behavior to not include data. I will look into adding this in for the next release. As it changes API for the user it will be a major release most likely.

[krstivojevicv]

Option to also remove data key would be great :)

[selected-pixel-jameson]

This would then match the format that you are using in the slugify plugin as well. Right now there is inconsistency between these two plugins.

[mickaeloak]

Did this quickly if it can serve anyone or if you want to use some of it @ComfortablyCoding
#15

[ComfortablyCoding]

This will be in the next release

This feature has been added in v2.0.0