public function prepare_item_for_response( $item, $request ) {
    global $wp_widget_factory, $wp_registered_widgets;

    $widget_id  = $item['widget_id'];
    $sidebar_id = $item['sidebar_id'];

    if ( ! isset( $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ] ) ) {
      return new WP_Error(
        'rest_invalid_widget',
        __( 'The requested widget is invalid.' ),
        array( 'status' => 500 )
      );
    }

    $widget    = $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ];
    $parsed_id = wp_parse_widget_id( $widget_id );
    $fields    = $this->get_fields_for_response( $request );

    $prepared = array(
      'id'            => $widget_id,
      'id_base'       => $parsed_id['id_base'],
      'sidebar'       => $sidebar_id,
      'rendered'      => '',
      'rendered_form' => null,
      'instance'      => null,
    );

    if (
      rest_is_field_included( 'rendered', $fields ) &&
      'wp_inactive_widgets' !== $sidebar_id
    ) {
      $prepared['rendered'] = trim( wp_render_widget( $widget_id, $sidebar_id ) );
    }

    if ( rest_is_field_included( 'rendered_form', $fields ) ) {
      $rendered_form = wp_render_widget_control( $widget_id );
      if ( ! is_null( $rendered_form ) ) {
        $prepared['rendered_form'] = trim( $rendered_form );
      }
    }

    if ( rest_is_field_included( 'instance', $fields ) ) {
      $widget_object = $wp_widget_factory->get_widget_object( $parsed_id['id_base'] );
      if ( $widget_object && isset( $parsed_id['number'] ) ) {
        $all_instances                   = $widget_object->get_settings();
        $instance                        = $all_instances[ $parsed_id['number'] ];
        $serialized_instance             = serialize( $instance );
        $prepared['instance']['encoded'] = base64_encode( $serialized_instance );
        $prepared['instance']['hash']    = wp_hash( $serialized_instance );

        if ( ! empty( $widget_object->widget_options['show_instance_in_rest'] ) ) {
          // Use new stdClass so that JSON result is {} and not [].
          $prepared['instance']['raw'] = empty( $instance ) ? new stdClass() : $instance;
        }
      }
    }

    $context  = ! empty( $request['context'] ) ? $request['context'] : 'view';
    $prepared = $this->add_additional_fields_to_object( $prepared, $request );
    $prepared = $this->filter_response_by_context( $prepared, $context );

    $response = rest_ensure_response( $prepared );

    if ( rest_is_field_included( '_links', $fields ) || rest_is_field_included( '_embedded', $fields ) ) {
      $response->add_links( $this->prepare_links( $prepared ) );
    }

    
/**
 * Filters the REST API response for a widget.
 *
 * @since 5.8.0
 *
 * @param WP_REST_Response|WP_Error $response The response object, or WP_Error object on failure.
 * @param array                     $widget   The registered widget data.
 * @param WP_REST_Request           $request  Request used to generate the response.
 */
    return apply_filters( 'rest_prepare_widget', $response, $widget, $request );
  }