Answers.Body: <p>I figured this out myself. I needed to use PHP array syntax.</p>
  
  <p>In answer to my own question, the updated code for a nested object would be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  
  return [
      "type" =&gt; "Feature",
      "geometry" =&gt; array("type" =&gt; "Point", "coordinates" =&gt; [125.6, 10.1]),
      "properties" =&gt; array("name" =&gt; "Dinagat Islands")
  ];
  
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Hope this helps someone else as it wasn't immediately apparent to me.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I'm trying to create a GeoJSON feed using the Element API plugin but having difficulty creating the nested structure required for the JSON object:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [125.6, 10.1]
    },
    "properties": {
      "name": "Dinagat Islands"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can get a flat json structure using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>...
  
  return [
      "type" =&gt; "Feature",
      "geometry" =&gt; "",
      "properties" =&gt; ""
  ];
  
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My question is, how would I update the above code to create the nested json objects for <code>geometry</code> and <code>properties</code>?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks. G.</p>
  
Tags: <plugin-elementapi>
Title: Nested objects for geoJSON using Element API
ThreadText: # Nested objects for geoJSON using Element API
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-18)
  
  I'm trying to create a GeoJSON feed using the Element API plugin but having difficulty creating the nested structure required for the JSON object:
  
  ```
  {
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [125.6, 10.1]
    },
    "properties": {
      "name": "Dinagat Islands"
    }
  }
  
  ```
  
  I can get a flat json structure using:
  
  ```
  ...
  
  return [
      "type" => "Feature",
      "geometry" => "",
      "properties" => ""
  ];
  
  ...
  
  ```
  
  My question is, how would I update the above code to create the nested json objects for `geometry` and `properties`?
  
  Thanks. G.
  
  **Tags:** plugin-elementapi
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-03-18. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  I figured this out myself. I needed to use PHP array syntax.
  
  In answer to my own question, the updated code for a nested object would be:
  
  ```
  ...
  
  return [
      "type" => "Feature",
      "geometry" => array("type" => "Point", "coordinates" => [125.6, 10.1]),
      "properties" => array("name" => "Dinagat Islands")
  ];
  
  ...
  
  ```
  
  Hope this helps someone else as it wasn't immediately apparent to me.
  
  
  ---
  
  