# Return only specific fields from the API GET response

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-only-specific-fields-from-the-api-get-response/244695>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-only-specific-fields-from-the-api-get-response/244695 "2022-11-07T18:01:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/return-only-specific-fields-from-the-api-get-response/244695/1 "2022-11-07T18:01:16Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Discourse API Documentation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-api-documentation/22706):

Hi

I couldn’t find an answer to this, please. Does anyone know if it’s possible to specify that the Discourse API response to a GET request returns only the requested field?

For example, the GET request to List group members (https://{defaultHost}/groups/{id}/members.json) returns:

> ```plaintext
> {
> "members": [
> {
> "id": 0,
> "username": "string",
> "name": "string",
> "avatar_template": "string",
> "title": "string",
> "last_posted_at": "string",
> "last_seen_at": "string",
> "added_at": "string",
> "timezone": "string"
> }
> ],
> "owners": [
> {
> "id": 0,
> "username": "string",
> "name": "string",
> "avatar_template": "string",
> "title": "string",
> "last_posted_at": "string",
> "last_seen_at": "string",
> "added_at": "string",
> "timezone": "string"
> }
> ],
> "meta": {
> "total": 0,
> "limit": 0,
> "offset": 0
> }
> }
> 
> ```

Is there a way to make the response return only a specific field/? For example, to return only the member’s usernames?

```plaintext
{
  "members": [
    {
       "username": "string"
    }
  ]
}

```

I know it’s possible to retrieve the whole response and then use coding to filter the JSON and the arrays in order to get a specific value; however, I want the request to return the specific value instead. Is this possible?

Thank you!

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