Views Better REST is a Drupal module that enhances the REST export display for views, enabling more flexible JSON output. It allows custom JSON structures, supports exposed filters, pagers, and sorts, and adds URL serializer support.
This module provides a new REST export display for views, which allows return JSON from view in a more flexible way.
Features
* Allow to define a custom JSON structure for the view by adding fields to the display abd overriding their names.
* Allow to use exposed filters with providing possible options for them.
* Allow to use exposed pager with changing number of items per page.
* Allow to use exposed sorts.
* Add URL serializer support.
Post-Installation
Create views, add a display called “Better REST Export” and select to show fields in style.
Set a path, like api/v1/my-view.
Just add fields to the display and override their names to define a custom JSON structure.
If needed, add exposed filters, sorts, and pager to the display.
Recommended modules/libraries
Easy to use with react-tables.
Similar projects
REST Views — just add useful features over the standard rest export, can be used together with this module.
JSON:API Views — it is working through JSON:API, the path and exposed parameters are not configurable.
Depends on
Dependencies of the latest stable release
- rest Drupal core
- views Drupal core
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