diff --git a/api/product.rb b/api/product.rb
index 82a43baff263..cc3fa323adc0 100644
--- a/api/product.rb
+++ b/api/product.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def api_name
       name.downcase
     end
 
+    def to_s
+      JSON.pretty_generate(self)
+    end
+
     def to_json(opts = nil)
       json_out = {}
 
diff --git a/api/resource.rb b/api/resource.rb
index b38a3a72e1b0..400463336c87 100644
--- a/api/resource.rb
+++ b/api/resource.rb
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ def validate
       end
     end
 
+    def to_s
+      JSON.pretty_generate(self)
+    end
+
     def to_json(opts = nil)
       # ignore fields that will contain references to parent resources
       ignored_fields = %i[@__product @__parent @__resource @api_name @collection_url_response]
diff --git a/api/type.rb b/api/type.rb
index 59be95f90b80..85b4987457b9 100644
--- a/api/type.rb
+++ b/api/type.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def to_json(opts = nil)
       instance_variables.each do |v|
         if v == :@conflicts && instance_variable_get(v).empty?
           # ignore empty conflict arrays
-        elsif instance_variable_get(v) == false
+        elsif instance_variable_get(v) == false || instance_variable_get(v).nil?
           # ignore false booleans as non-existence indicates falsey
         elsif !ignored_fields.include? v
           json_out[v] = instance_variable_get(v)