diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index d4f5a73..7ee8985 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ <h3>Errors</h3>
 		<li><a href="errors_all_options.php">All options</a></li>
 	</ul>
 	
+	<h3>Misc</h3>
+	<ul>
+		<li><a href="meta_only.php">Meta-only use-cases</a></li>
+	</ul>
+	
 	<footer>
 		<p><a href="https://github.com/lode/jsonapi">GitHub</a></p>
 	</footer>
diff --git a/examples/meta_only.php b/examples/meta_only.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66544fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/meta_only.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+use alsvanzelf\jsonapi;
+
+ini_set('display_errors', 1);
+error_reporting(-1);
+
+require '../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+/**
+ * there are a few use-cases for sending meta-only responses
+ * in such cases, use the response class
+ * 
+ * prefer to actually send out a resource, error or collection
+ */
+
+$jsonapi = new jsonapi\response();
+$jsonapi->add_meta('foo', 'bar');
+
+/**
+ * sending the response
+ */
+
+$jsonapi->send_response();
diff --git a/src/response.php b/src/response.php
index f7871a7..6e07b8f 100644
--- a/src/response.php
+++ b/src/response.php
@@ -88,6 +88,31 @@ public function __toString() {
 	return $this->get_json();
 }
 
+/**
+ * generates an array for the whole response body
+ *
+ * @see jsonapi.org/format
+ *
+ * @return array, containing:
+ *         - links
+ *         - meta
+ */
+public function get_array() {
+	$response = array();
+	
+	// links
+	if ($this->links) {
+		$response['links'] = $this->links;
+	}
+	
+	// meta data
+	if ($this->meta_data) {
+		$response['meta'] = $this->meta_data;
+	}
+	
+	return $response;
+}
+
 /**
  * returns the whole response body as json
  * it generates the response via ->get_array()