Answers.Body: <p>you have to call</p>
  
  <pre><code>$block-&gt;text-&gt;getParsedContent()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>or another method of <a href="https://craftcms.com/classreference/fieldtypes/RichTextData" rel="nofollow noreferrer">RichTextData</a> Model</p>
  
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Body: <p>Below is my code to output the news entires under the "news" section of my site using the Element API. My question is how do I output the matrix block with a block type of "text" with a field called "blockText"?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/qcuestions/13118/how-do-you-use-the-element-api-plugin-to-output-matrix-blocks-for-an-entry">https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/qcuestions/13118/how-do-you-use-the-element-api-plugin-to-output-matrix-blocks-for-an-entry</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  namespace Craft;
  
  return [
      'endpoints' =&gt; [
          'api/entries' =&gt; [
              'elementType' =&gt; 'Entry',
              'criteria' =&gt; ['section' =&gt; 'news'],
              'transformer' =&gt; function(EntryModel $entry) {
                // Check to see if there are any images
                $featuredImage = $entry-&gt;featuredImage-&gt;first();
                $bodyBlocks = [];
                 foreach ($entry-&gt;bodyEnhanced as $block) {
  
                     switch ($block-&gt;type-&gt;handle) {
                         case 'text':
                             $bodyBlocks[] = [
                              //'text' =&gt; $block-&gt;type-&gt;attributeConfigs,
                              'content' =&gt; $block-&gt;type-&gt;bodyText
                             ];
                         break;
                     }
                 }
  
                  return [
                      'id' =&gt; $entry-&gt;id,
                      'url' =&gt; $entry-&gt;url,
                      'postDate' =&gt; $entry-&gt;postDate,
                      'title' =&gt; $entry-&gt;title,
                      'excerpt' =&gt; !empty($entry-&gt;excerpt) ? $entry-&gt;excerpt : false,
                      'image' =&gt;   !empty($featuredImage) ? $featuredImage-&gt;url : false,
                      'body' =&gt; $bodyBlocks,
                  ];
              }
          ],
      ],
  ];
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UNpnJ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UNpnJ.png" alt="screenshot of matrix block"></a></p>
  
  <p>This is the only line that is breaking my JSON. Any help would be greatly appreciated. </p>
  
  <pre><code>'content' =&gt; $block-&gt;type-&gt;bodyText
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <matrix><json>
Title: Output Matrix Block with Element API Plugin
ThreadText: # Output Matrix Block with Element API Plugin
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-04-29)
  
  Below is my code to output the news entires under the "news" section of my site using the Element API. My question is how do I output the matrix block with a block type of "text" with a field called "blockText"?
  
  <https://craftcms.stackexchange.com/qcuestions/13118/how-do-you-use-the-element-api-plugin-to-output-matrix-blocks-for-an-entry>
  
  ```
  <?php
  namespace Craft;
  
  return [
      'endpoints' => [
          'api/entries' => [
              'elementType' => 'Entry',
              'criteria' => ['section' => 'news'],
              'transformer' => function(EntryModel $entry) {
                // Check to see if there are any images
                $featuredImage = $entry->featuredImage->first();
                $bodyBlocks = [];
                 foreach ($entry->bodyEnhanced as $block) {
  
                     switch ($block->type->handle) {
                         case 'text':
                             $bodyBlocks[] = [
                              //'text' => $block->type->attributeConfigs,
                              'content' => $block->type->bodyText
                             ];
                         break;
                     }
                 }
  
                  return [
                      'id' => $entry->id,
                      'url' => $entry->url,
                      'postDate' => $entry->postDate,
                      'title' => $entry->title,
                      'excerpt' => !empty($entry->excerpt) ? $entry->excerpt : false,
                      'image' =>   !empty($featuredImage) ? $featuredImage->url : false,
                      'body' => $bodyBlocks,
                  ];
              }
          ],
      ],
  ];
  
  ```
  
  [![screenshot of matrix block](https://i.sstatic.net/UNpnJ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/UNpnJ.png)
  
  This is the only line that is breaking my JSON. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  
  ```
  'content' => $block->type->bodyText
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** matrix, json
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-05. Score: 1
  
  you have to call
  
  ```
  $block->text->getParsedContent()
  
  ```
  
  or another method of [RichTextData](https://craftcms.com/classreference/fieldtypes/RichTextData) Model
  
  
  ---
  
  