Views: no JSON data for path and link

[olafgrabienski]

Some 'fields' of a content view don't show up in the JSON data.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Build a Content view which displays fields.
2. Add the fields Title, Path, and Link.
3. Save the View, enable it in the Headless settings, and have a look at the respective API page.

Actual behavior:

Title shows up, Path nor Link don't. Here's an example result:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "node_title": "Your first post!",
      "nid": "1"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}

Expected behavior:

Path and Link show up.

[olafgrabienski]

Maybe of interest: Path and Link are no real fields.

When I add a real (content type) field like Body to the View, the JSON is much more extensive. In this case, there is also data regading path in the JSON. It is however not at the expected place but in the middle of "_field_data". See the following example:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "node_title": "Your first post!",
      "nid": "1",
      "field_data_body_node_entity_type": "node",
      "_field_data": {
        "nid": {
          "entity_type": "node",
          "entity": {
            "nid": "1",
            "vid": "1",
            "type": "post",
            "langcode": "und",
            "title": "Your first post!",
            "uid": "1",
            "status": "1",
            "created": "1558090742",
            "changed": "1558090742",
            "scheduled": "0",
            "comment": "0",
            "promote": "1",
            "sticky": "0",
            "tnid": "0",
            "translate": "0",
            "revision_timestamp": "0",
            "revision_uid": "0",
            "in_preview": null,
            "log": "",
            "comment_close_override": "0",
            "body": {
              "und": [
                {
                  "value": "This is your first post! You may edit or delete it.",
                  "summary": null,
                  "format": null
                }
              ]
            },
            "field_image": [],
            "field_tags": [],
            "path": {
              "pid": "1",
              "source": "node/1",
              "alias": "posts/your-first-post",
              "langcode": "und",
              "auto": true
            },
            "cid": 0,
            "last_comment_timestamp": "1558090742",
            "last_comment_name": "",
            "last_comment_uid": "1",
            "comment_count": 0,
            "name": "Olafski",
            "picture": "0",
            "data": "b:0;"
          }
        }
      },
      "field_body": [
        {
          "rendered": {
            "#markup": "<p>This is your first post! You may edit or delete it.</p>\n",
            "#access": true
          },
          "raw": {
            "value": "This is your first post! You may edit or delete it.",
            "summary": null,
            "format": null
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "count": 1
}

[robertgarrigos]

@olafgrabienski I wouldn't say this is a bug but how it works, although indeed is a bit annoying.

[olafgrabienski]

@robertgarrigos By "how it works", do you mean how Backdrop core (Views) works?

[robertgarrigos]

@olafgrabienski yes, sorry, backdrop.