diff --git a/Controller/Direct.php b/Controller/Direct.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e6a7308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Controller/Direct.php
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Xfrocks\Api\Controller;
+
+use XF\Mvc\ParameterBag;
+use Xfrocks\Api\Transform\TransformContext;
+use Xfrocks\Api\Transformer;
+
+class Direct extends AbstractController
+{
+    public function actionGetIndex(ParameterBag $params)
+    {
+        $paramType = $params->type;
+        $params = $this->params()
+            ->define('where', 'array');
+
+        $types = explode('/', $paramType);
+        $type0 = array_shift($types);
+        $subTypes = $types;
+        unset($types);
+
+        $rootFinder = $this->finder($type0);
+
+        $where = $params['where'];
+        $input = $this->request->getInput();
+        foreach ($input as $inputKey => $inputValue) {
+            if (empty($inputValue)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (isset($params[$inputKey])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $where[] = [$inputKey, '=', $inputValue];
+        }
+        foreach ($where as $whereOne) {
+            if (!is_array($whereOne)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            try {
+                call_user_func_array([$rootFinder, 'where'], array_values($whereOne));
+            } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+                // bad condition, ignore
+            }
+        }
+
+        $transformer = $this->transformFinderLazily($rootFinder);
+        $rootContext = $params->getTransformContext();
+
+        if (count($subTypes) > 0) {
+            $rootContext->onTransformFinderCallbacks[] = function ($context, $finder) use (
+                $rootContext,
+                $rootFinder,
+                $subTypes
+            ) {
+                if ($context !== $rootContext || $finder !== $rootFinder) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                /** @var TransformContext $context */
+                /** @var \XF\Mvc\Entity\Finder $finder */
+                /** @var Transformer $transformer */
+                $transformer = $this->app->container('api.transformer');
+                $subContext = $context;
+                $subFinder = $finder;
+                foreach ($subTypes as $subType) {
+                    try {
+                        $subFinder->with($subType);
+                    } catch (\LogicException $e) {
+                        // bad relation key, return asap
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    $entityStructure = $subFinder->getStructure();
+                    $relationConfig = $entityStructure->relations[$subType];
+                    $subHandler = $transformer->handler($relationConfig['entity']);
+
+                    $em = $this->app->em();
+                    $parentFinder = $subFinder;
+                    $subFinder = $em->getFinder($relationConfig['entity'], false);
+                    $subFinder->setParentFinder($parentFinder, $subType);
+
+                    $subContext = $subContext->getSubContext(null, $subHandler);
+                    $subHandler->onTransformFinder($subContext, $subFinder);
+                }
+            };
+
+            $transformer->addCallbackFinderPostFetch(function ($entities) use ($subTypes) {
+                $subEntities = [];
+
+                /** @var \XF\Mvc\Entity\Entity $entity */
+                foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+                    if (!$this->canView($entity)) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    foreach ($subTypes as $subType) {
+                        try {
+                            $entity = $entity->getRelation($subType);
+                        } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+                            // bad relation key, return asap
+                            return $subEntities;
+                        }
+                        if (!$this->canView($entity)) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    $subEntities[] = $entity;
+                }
+
+                return $subEntities;
+            });
+        }
+
+        $data = [$paramType => $transformer];
+
+        return $this->api($data);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \XF\Mvc\Entity\Entity $entity
+     * @return bool|mixed
+     */
+    protected function canView(\XF\Mvc\Entity\Entity $entity)
+    {
+        $callable = [$entity, 'canView'];
+        if (!is_callable($callable)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return call_user_func($callable);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Data/Modules.php b/Data/Modules.php
index 312b08bf..f6f84a00 100644
--- a/Data/Modules.php
+++ b/Data/Modules.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:Category', 'categories', ':int<node_id>/');
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:Conversation', 'conversations', ':int<conversation_id>/');
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:ConversationMessage', 'conversation-messages', ':int<message_id>/');
+        $this->addController('Xfrocks:Direct', 'direct', ':any<type>/');
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:Index', 'index');
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:Forum', 'forums', ':int<node_id>/');
         $this->addController('Xfrocks:LostPassword', 'lost-password');
diff --git a/Transform/AbstractHandler.php b/Transform/AbstractHandler.php
index 0e0942e9..a6a5f382 100644
--- a/Transform/AbstractHandler.php
+++ b/Transform/AbstractHandler.php
@@ -275,51 +275,26 @@ protected function callOnTransformEntitiesForRelation(
      * @param Finder $finder
      * @param string|null $contextKey
      * @param string $relationKey
-     * @param string|null $shortName
      * @return void
      */
     protected function callOnTransformFinderForRelation(
         TransformContext $context,
         Finder $finder,
         $contextKey,
-        $relationKey,
-        $shortName = null
+        $relationKey
     ) {
         $finder->with($relationKey);
 
-        if ($shortName === null) {
-            $shortName = $this->type;
-        }
-
-        $em = $this->app->em();
-        $entityStructure = $em->getEntityStructure($shortName);
-        if (!isset($entityStructure->relations[$relationKey])) {
-            return;
-        }
-
+        $entityStructure = $finder->getStructure();
         $relationConfig = $entityStructure->relations[$relationKey];
-        if (!is_array($relationConfig) || !isset($relationConfig['entity'])) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         $subHandler = $this->transformer->handler($relationConfig['entity']);
-        $subContext = $context->getSubContext($contextKey, $subHandler);
 
-        $relationStructure = $em->getEntityStructure($relationConfig['entity']);
-        $finderClass = \XF::stringToClass($shortName, '%s\Finder\%s');
-        try {
-            $finderClass = $this->app->extendClass($finderClass, '\XF\Mvc\Entity\Finder');
-        } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            // ignore
-        }
-        if (!$finderClass || !class_exists($finderClass)) {
-            $finderClass = '\XF\Mvc\Entity\Finder';
-        }
-        /** @var Finder $relationFinder */
-        $relationFinder = new $finderClass($em, $relationStructure);
-        $relationFinder->setParentFinder($finder, $relationKey);
+        $em = $this->app->em();
+        $subFinder = $em->getFinder($relationConfig['entity'], false);
+        $subFinder->setParentFinder($finder, $relationKey);
 
-        $subHandler->onTransformFinder($subContext, $relationFinder);
+        $subContext = $context->getSubContext($contextKey, $subHandler);
+        $subHandler->onTransformFinder($subContext, $subFinder);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Transform/Generic.php b/Transform/Generic.php
index 6d81e617..3374d3a5 100644
--- a/Transform/Generic.php
+++ b/Transform/Generic.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function calculateDynamicValue(TransformContext $context, $key)
 
     public function canView(TransformContext $context)
     {
-        return true;
+        return false;
     }
 
     public function getMappings(TransformContext $context)
diff --git a/Transform/LazyTransformer.php b/Transform/LazyTransformer.php
index c4725479..6dcb275e 100644
--- a/Transform/LazyTransformer.php
+++ b/Transform/LazyTransformer.php
@@ -181,13 +181,19 @@ public function transform()
             case self::SOURCE_TYPE_FINDER:
                 /** @var Finder $finder */
                 $finder = $this->source;
-                $data = $transformer->transformFinder($context, null, $finder, function ($entities) {
-                    foreach (array_reverse($this->callbacksFinderPostFetch) as $f) {
-                        $entities = call_user_func($f, $entities);
-                    }
 
-                    return $entities;
-                });
+                $postFetchCallback = null;
+                if (count($this->callbacksFinderPostFetch) > 0) {
+                    $postFetchCallback = function ($entities) {
+                        foreach (array_reverse($this->callbacksFinderPostFetch) as $f) {
+                            $entities = call_user_func($f, $entities);
+                        }
+
+                        return $entities;
+                    };
+                }
+
+                $data = $transformer->transformFinder($context, null, $finder, $postFetchCallback);
                 break;
             default:
                 throw new \LogicException('Unrecognized source type ' . $this->sourceType);
diff --git a/Transformer.php b/Transformer.php
index 3654acb7..9aabd413 100644
--- a/Transformer.php
+++ b/Transformer.php
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ public function transformFinder($context, $key, $finder, $postFetchCallback = nu
         if ($entities instanceof \XF\Mvc\Entity\ArrayCollection) {
             $entities = $entities->toArray();
         }
+        if ($postFetchCallback && count($entities) > 0) {
+            // postFetchCallback might have returned a different type of entity
+            $handler = $this->handler($entities[0]->structure()->shortName);
+        }
         $entities = $handler->onTransformEntities($context, $entities);
 
         $data = [];