Return null if post doesn't have an excerpt. Fixes #72.

WP-API · Mar 21, 2014 · 83e45c4 · 83e45c4
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diff --git a/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php b/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php
@@ -606,7 +606,11 @@ protected function prepare_excerpt( $excerpt ) {
 			return __( 'There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.' );
 		}
 
-		return apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $excerpt ) );
+		$excerpt = apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $excerpt ) );
+		if ( empty( $excerpt ) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return $excerpt;
 	}
 
 	/**