How do I return only selected certain fields in Strapi?

Question

Pretty straightforward (I hope). I\'d like to be able to use the API endpoint and have it only return specified fields. I.E. something like this

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Answer 1

In the current strapi version (3.x, not sure about previous ones) this can be achieved using the select method in custom queries, regardless of which ORM is being used.

SQL example:

 const restaurant = await strapi
    .query('restaurant')
    .model.query((qb) => {
        qb.where('id', 1);
        qb.select('name');
    })
    .fetch();