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title: Remove fields from API response
description: If origin responds with `JSON`, parse the response and delete fields to return a modified response.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Remove fields from API response

If origin responds with `JSON`, parse the response and delete fields to return a modified response.

JavaScript

```
export default {  async fetch(request) {    // Send original request to the origin    const response = await fetch(request);    // Check if origin responded with JSON    try {      // Parse API response as JSON      var api_response = response.json();      // Specify the fields you want to delete. For example, to delete "botManagement" array from parsed JSON:      delete api_response.botManagement;      // Serve modified API response      return Response.json(api_response);    } catch (err) {      // On failure, serve unmodified origin's response      return response;    }  },};
```

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