Adjusting Gutenberg Block output in REST Response

ApiController.php

<?php

#resources/controllers/ApiController.php
public function boot(Request $request) {
  
  filter('rest_response_parse_blocks', function( $blocks ) {
    
    foreach($blocks as &$block) {
      
      $block = (object) [
        'name' => $block->blockName,
        'innerBlocks' => $block->innerBlocks,
        'innerText' => trim(preg_replace('/\s\s+/', ' ', strip_tags( $block->innerHTML ))),
        'data' => $block->attrs
      ];
      
    }
    
    return $blocks;
    
  }, 20);
  
}