1 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/views/json/api/output.php b/views/json/api/output.php
index 84e0d1ec3..adeb7cc75 100644
--- a/views/json/api/output.php
+++ b/views/json/api/output.php
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 <?php
-	/**
-	 * Elgg JSON output
-	 * This outputs the api as JSON
-	 * 
-	 * @package Elgg
-	 * @subpackage Core
-	 * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU Public License version 2
-	 * @author Marcus Povey
-	 * @copyright Curverider Ltd 2008
-	 * @link http://elgg.org/
-	 * 
-	 */
+/**
+ * Elgg JSON output
+ * This outputs the api results as JSON
+ *
+ * @package Elgg
+ * @subpackage Core
+ */
 
-	$result = $vars['result'];
-	$export = $result->export();
-	
-	echo json_encode($export);
-?>
-\ No newline at end of file
+$result = $vars['result'];
+$export = $result->export();
+
+global $jsonexport;
+
+// with api calls, we don't want extra baggage found in other json views
+// so we skip the associative array
+$jsonexport = $export;
+\ No newline at end of file