How to get field values from Global Set using Element API plugin?

Question

I'm pulling data from a Global Set using the Element API plugin and am wondering if there's a cleaner way to write the transformer function?

My craft/config/elementapi.php file looks like this:

<?php
namespace Craft;

return [
    'endpoints' => [
        'api/settings' => [
            'elementType' => 'GlobalSet',
            'criteria' => ['handle' => 'siteSettings'],
            'first' => true,
            'transformer' => function(GlobalSetModel $siteSettings) {
                return [
                    'defaultTitle' => $siteSettings->getContent()['defaultTitle'],
                    'defaultDescription' => $siteSettings->getContent()['defaultDescription']
                ];
            },
        ],
    ]
];

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

There’s no need to go through getContent() to access your field values; you can access them directly from the GlobalSetModel:

'transformer' => function(GlobalSetModel $siteSettings) {
    return [
        'defaultTitle' => $siteSettings->defaultTitle,
        'defaultDescription' => $siteSettings->defaultDescription
    ];
},