Sitecore Item Web API - Nested JSON Structure?

Question

Is there any way to pass a parameter to the Item Web API so that it maintains the structure of the items its returning in the JSON? For example, I am pulling back Questions and Answers, but right now I have no way of knowing which answers belong to which questions, since the JSON is flat. It would be nice if the JSON replicated the structure of my Sitecore Tree and had the Answers nested beneath the Questions.

The Current Structure (simplified):

{
    template: 'sitecore/question',
    title: 'Question 1'
},
{
    template: 'answer',
    title: 'My first answer'
}

Intended Structure:

{
    template: 'sitecore/question',
    title: 'Question 1',
    items:     
       {
           template: 'answer',
           title: 'My first answer'
       }
}

Zooking · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-25 18:08:39Z

1

To my knowledge there is no such functionality.

You could do one of the following:

Implement your own functionality for this by modifying the itemWebApiRequest pipeline.
Make new requests for each question to get the individual answers.
Implement logic on the receiving end parsing the "LongId" or "Path" field and find the relationships that way.

answered Dec 25, 2012 at 18:08

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sottenad Over a year ago

I am going about a hybrid of #1 and #3, attempting to parse the Path and create that nesting. Im hoping that by doing it through the pipeline, I can keep the flexibility that initially sold me on the Web API. I do find it very odd that this functionality was omitted though, as Sitecore is such a hierarchy-driven product.

Zooking Over a year ago

If you find a nice solution for it, please let us know. Here or in a blog post.

idisposable11 · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-22 04:58:00Z

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You can probably write your own class to get the results tailored to what you need. If you look at the configuration of the api you can see that you can tap into the pipeline.

answered Dec 22, 2012 at 4:58

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