diff --git a/doc/API-Friendica.md b/doc/API-Friendica.md
index 84467430ae..013dd08f59 100644
--- a/doc/API-Friendica.md
+++ b/doc/API-Friendica.md
@@ -645,11 +645,7 @@ On error:
 
 ### GET api/friendica/profile/show
 
-Returns the [Profile](help/API-Entities#Profile) data of all profiles or a single profile of the authenticated user.
-
-#### Parameters
-
-* `profile_id` (optional): id of the profile to be returned. If omitted all profiles are returned by default.
+Returns the [Profile](help/API-Entities#Profile) data of the authenticated user.
 
 #### Return values
 
@@ -664,6 +660,23 @@ HTTP 403 Forbidden: when no authentication was provided
 HTTP 400 Bad Request: if given profile_id is not in the database or is not assigned to the authenticated user
 
 General description of profile data in API returns:
+- hide_friends: true if friends are hidden
+- profile_photo
+- profile_thumb
+- publish: true if published on the server's local directory
+- net_publish: true if published to global_dir
+- fullname
+- date_of_birth
+- description
+- xmpp
+- homepage
+- address
+- locality
+- region
+- postal_code
+- country
+- pub_keywords
+- custom_fields: list of public custom fields
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 3f4d5625b0..b602dcd687 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -2906,60 +2906,6 @@ function api_format_items_activities($item, $type = "json")
 	return $activities;
 }
 
-
-/**
- * return data from profiles
- *
- * @param array $profile_row array containing data from db table 'profile'
- * @return array
- * @throws InternalServerErrorException
- */
-function api_format_items_profiles($profile_row)
-{
-	$profile = [
-		'profile_id'       => $profile_row['id'],
-		'profile_name'     => $profile_row['profile-name'],
-		'is_default'       => $profile_row['is-default'] ? true : false,
-		'hide_friends'     => $profile_row['hide-friends'] ? true : false,
-		'profile_photo'    => $profile_row['photo'],
-		'profile_thumb'    => $profile_row['thumb'],
-		'publish'          => $profile_row['publish'] ? true : false,
-		'net_publish'      => $profile_row['net-publish'] ? true : false,
-		'description'      => $profile_row['pdesc'],
-		'date_of_birth'    => $profile_row['dob'],
-		'address'          => $profile_row['address'],
-		'city'             => $profile_row['locality'],
-		'region'           => $profile_row['region'],
-		'postal_code'      => $profile_row['postal-code'],
-		'country'          => $profile_row['country-name'],
-		'hometown'         => $profile_row['hometown'],
-		'gender'           => $profile_row['gender'],
-		'marital'          => $profile_row['marital'],
-		'marital_with'     => $profile_row['with'],
-		'marital_since'    => $profile_row['howlong'],
-		'sexual'           => $profile_row['sexual'],
-		'politic'          => $profile_row['politic'],
-		'religion'         => $profile_row['religion'],
-		'public_keywords'  => $profile_row['pub_keywords'],
-		'private_keywords' => $profile_row['prv_keywords'],
-		'likes'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['likes'])    , false, 2),
-		'dislikes'         => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['dislikes']) , false, 2),
-		'about'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['about'])    , false, 2),
-		'music'            => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['music'])    , false, 2),
-		'book'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['book'])     , false, 2),
-		'tv'               => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['tv'])       , false, 2),
-		'film'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['film'])     , false, 2),
-		'interest'         => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['interest']) , false, 2),
-		'romance'          => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['romance'])  , false, 2),
-		'work'             => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['work'])     , false, 2),
-		'education'        => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['education']), false, 2),
-		'social_networks'  => BBCode::convert(api_clean_plain_items($profile_row['contact'])  , false, 2),
-		'homepage'         => $profile_row['homepage'],
-		'users'            => null
-	];
-	return $profile;
-}
-
 /**
  * format items to be returned by api
  *
@@ -6102,78 +6048,6 @@ function api_friendica_direct_messages_search($type, $box = "")
 /// @TODO move to top of file or somewhere better
 api_register_func('api/friendica/direct_messages_search', 'api_friendica_direct_messages_search', true);
 
-/**
- * return data of all the profiles a user has to the client
- *
- * @param string $type Known types are 'atom', 'rss', 'xml' and 'json'
- * @return string|array
- * @throws BadRequestException
- * @throws ForbiddenException
- * @throws ImagickException
- * @throws InternalServerErrorException
- * @throws UnauthorizedException
- */
-function api_friendica_profile_show($type)
-{
-	$a = DI::app();
-
-	if (api_user() === false) {
-		throw new ForbiddenException();
-	}
-
-	// input params
-	$profile_id = $_REQUEST['profile_id'] ?? 0;
-
-	// retrieve general information about profiles for user
-	$multi_profiles = Feature::isEnabled(api_user(), 'multi_profiles');
-	$directory = DI::config()->get('system', 'directory');
-
-	// get data of the specified profile id or all profiles of the user if not specified
-	if ($profile_id != 0) {
-		$r = Profile::getById(api_user(), $profile_id);
-		// error message if specified gid is not in database
-		if (!DBA::isResult($r)) {
-			throw new BadRequestException("profile_id not available");
-		}
-	} else {
-		$r = Profile::getListByUser(api_user());
-	}
-	// loop through all returned profiles and retrieve data and users
-	$k = 0;
-	$profiles = [];
-	if (DBA::isResult($r)) {
-		foreach ($r as $rr) {
-			$profile = api_format_items_profiles($rr);
-
-			// select all users from contact table, loop and prepare standard return for user data
-			$users = [];
-			$nurls = Contact::selectToArray(['id', 'nurl'], ['uid' => api_user(), 'profile-id' => $rr['id']]);
-			foreach ($nurls as $nurl) {
-				$user = api_get_user($a, $nurl['nurl']);
-				($type == "xml") ? $users[$k++ . ":user"] = $user : $users[] = $user;
-			}
-			$profile['users'] = $users;
-
-			// add prepared profile data to array for final return
-			if ($type == "xml") {
-				$profiles[$k++ . ":profile"] = $profile;
-			} else {
-				$profiles[] = $profile;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// return settings, authenticated user and profiles data
-	$self = DBA::selectFirst('contact', ['nurl'], ['uid' => api_user(), 'self' => true]);
-
-	$result = ['multi_profiles' => $multi_profiles ? true : false,
-					'global_dir' => $directory,
-					'friendica_owner' => api_get_user($a, $self['nurl']),
-					'profiles' => $profiles];
-	return api_format_data("friendica_profiles", $type, ['$result' => $result]);
-}
-api_register_func('api/friendica/profile/show', 'api_friendica_profile_show', true, API_METHOD_GET);
-
 /**
  * Returns a list of saved searches.
  *
diff --git a/src/Module/Api/Friendica/Profile/Show.php b/src/Module/Api/Friendica/Profile/Show.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c50c53d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Module/Api/Friendica/Profile/Show.php
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Module\Api\Friendica\Profile;
+
+use Friendica\Collection\ProfileFields;
+use Friendica\Content\Text\BBCode;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
+use Friendica\Model\Profile;
+use Friendica\Module\BaseApi;
+use Friendica\Network\HTTPException;
+use Friendica\Repository\PermissionSet;
+
+/**
+ * API endpoint: /api/friendica/profile/show
+ */
+class Show extends BaseApi
+{
+	public static function rawContent(array $parameters = [])
+	{
+		if (self::login() === false) {
+			throw new HTTPException\ForbiddenException();
+		}
+
+		// retrieve general information about profiles for user
+		$directory = DI::config()->get('system', 'directory');
+
+		$profile = Profile::getByUID(self::$current_user_id);
+		
+		$profileFields = DI::profileField()->select(['uid' => self::$current_user_id, 'psid' => PermissionSet::PUBLIC]);
+
+		$profile = self::formatProfile($profile, $profileFields);
+
+		$profiles = [];
+		if (self::$format == 'xml') {
+			$profiles['0:profile'] = $profile;
+		} else {
+			$profiles[] = $profile;
+		}
+
+		// return settings, authenticated user and profiles data
+		$self = Contact::selectFirst(['nurl'], ['uid' => self::$current_user_id, 'self' => true]);
+
+		$result = [
+			'multi_profiles' => false,
+			'global_dir' => $directory,
+			'friendica_owner' => self::getUser($self['nurl']),
+			'profiles' => $profiles
+		];
+
+		echo self::format('friendica_profiles', ['$result' => $result]);
+		exit;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array         $profile_row array containing data from db table 'profile'
+	 * @param ProfileFields $profileFields
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
+	 */
+	private static function formatProfile($profile_row, ProfileFields $profileFields)
+	{
+		$custom_fields = [];
+		foreach ($profileFields as $profileField) {
+			$custom_fields[] = [
+				'label' => $profileField->label,
+				'value' => BBCode::convert($profileField->value, false, 2),
+			];
+		}
+
+		return [
+			'profile_id'       => $profile_row['id'],
+			'profile_name'     => null,
+			'is_default'       => null,
+			'hide_friends'     => $profile_row['hide-friends'] ? true : false,
+			'profile_photo'    => $profile_row['photo'],
+			'profile_thumb'    => $profile_row['thumb'],
+			'publish'          => $profile_row['publish'] ? true : false,
+			'net_publish'      => $profile_row['net-publish'] ? true : false,
+			'description'      => $profile_row['pdesc'],
+			'date_of_birth'    => $profile_row['dob'],
+			'address'          => $profile_row['address'],
+			'city'             => $profile_row['locality'],
+			'region'           => $profile_row['region'],
+			'postal_code'      => $profile_row['postal-code'],
+			'country'          => $profile_row['country-name'],
+			'hometown'         => null,
+			'gender'           => null,
+			'marital'          => null,
+			'marital_with'     => null,
+			'marital_since'    => null,
+			'sexual'           => null,
+			'politic'          => null,
+			'religion'         => null,
+			'public_keywords'  => $profile_row['pub_keywords'],
+			'private_keywords' => $profile_row['prv_keywords'],
+			'likes'            => null,
+			'dislikes'         => null,
+			'about'            => null,
+			'music'            => null,
+			'book'             => null,
+			'tv'               => null,
+			'film'             => null,
+			'interest'         => null,
+			'romance'          => null,
+			'work'             => null,
+			'education'        => null,
+			'social_networks'  => null,
+			'homepage'         => $profile_row['homepage'],
+			'users'            => [],
+			'custom_fields'    => $custom_fields,
+		];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Module/BaseApi.php b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
index 81814bb0d4..543293872d 100644
--- a/src/Module/BaseApi.php
+++ b/src/Module/BaseApi.php
@@ -87,20 +87,53 @@ class BaseApi extends BaseModule
 		return api_get_user(DI::app(), $contact_id);
 	}
 
-	protected static function format($root_element, $data)
+	/**
+	 * Formats the data according to the data type
+	 *
+	 * @param string $root_element
+	 * @param array $data An array with a single element containing the returned result
+	 * @return false|string
+	 */
+	protected static function format(string $root_element, array $data)
 	{
+		$return = api_format_data($root_element, self::$format, $data);
+
 		switch (self::$format) {
-			case "atom":
-			case "rss":
 			case "xml":
-				$ret = api_create_xml($data, $root_element);
+				header("Content-Type: text/xml");
 				break;
 			case "json":
-			default:
-				$ret = $data;
+				header("Content-Type: application/json");
+				if (!empty($return)) {
+					$json = json_encode(end($return));
+					if (!empty($_GET['callback'])) {
+						$json = $_GET['callback'] . "(" . $json . ")";
+					}
+					$return = $json;
+				}
+				break;
+			case "rss":
+				header("Content-Type: application/rss+xml");
+				$return  = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' . "\n" . $return;
+				break;
+			case "atom":
+				header("Content-Type: application/atom+xml");
+				$return = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' . "\n" . $return;
 				break;
 		}
+		
+		return $return;
+	}
 
-		return $ret;
+	/**
+	 * Creates the XML from a JSON style array
+	 *
+	 * @param $data
+	 * @param $root_element
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected static function createXml($data, $root_element)
+	{
+		return api_create_xml($data, $root_element);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/static/routes.config.php b/static/routes.config.php
index 4aad69d8c7..aac2cbb1b5 100644
--- a/static/routes.config.php
+++ b/static/routes.config.php
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ return [
 			'/instance'                          => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Instance::class,       [R::GET         ]],
 			'/instance/peers'                    => [Module\Api\Mastodon\Instance\Peers::class, [R::GET         ]],
 		],
+		'/friendica' => [
+			'/profile/show'                      => [Module\Api\Friendica\Profile\Show::class , [R::GET         ]],
+		],
 	],
 
 	'/admin'               => [
diff --git a/tests/include/ApiTest.php b/tests/include/ApiTest.php
index 3ef64b3171..6920ea2bf2 100644
--- a/tests/include/ApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/include/ApiTest.php
@@ -2488,102 +2488,6 @@ class ApiTest extends DatabaseTest
 		$this->assertArrayHasKey('friendica:attendmaybe', $result);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Test the api_format_items_profiles() function.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function testApiFormatItemsProfiles()
-	{
-		$profile_row = [
-			'id'           => 'profile_id',
-			'profile-name' => 'profile_name',
-			'is-default'   => true,
-			'hide-friends' => true,
-			'photo'        => 'profile_photo',
-			'thumb'        => 'profile_thumb',
-			'publish'      => true,
-			'net-publish'  => true,
-			'pdesc'        => 'description',
-			'dob'          => 'date_of_birth',
-			'address'      => 'address',
-			'locality'     => 'city',
-			'region'       => 'region',
-			'postal-code'  => 'postal_code',
-			'country-name' => 'country',
-			'hometown'     => 'hometown',
-			'gender'       => 'gender',
-			'marital'      => 'marital',
-			'with'         => 'marital_with',
-			'howlong'      => 'marital_since',
-			'sexual'       => 'sexual',
-			'politic'      => 'politic',
-			'religion'     => 'religion',
-			'pub_keywords' => 'public_keywords',
-			'prv_keywords' => 'private_keywords',
-
-			'likes'     => 'likes',
-			'dislikes'  => 'dislikes',
-			'about'     => 'about',
-			'music'     => 'music',
-			'book'      => 'book',
-			'tv'        => 'tv',
-			'film'      => 'film',
-			'interest'  => 'interest',
-			'romance'   => 'romance',
-			'work'      => 'work',
-			'education' => 'education',
-			'contact'   => 'social_networks',
-			'homepage'  => 'homepage'
-		];
-		$result      = api_format_items_profiles($profile_row);
-		$this->assertEquals(
-			[
-				'profile_id'       => 'profile_id',
-				'profile_name'     => 'profile_name',
-				'is_default'       => true,
-				'hide_friends'     => true,
-				'profile_photo'    => 'profile_photo',
-				'profile_thumb'    => 'profile_thumb',
-				'publish'          => true,
-				'net_publish'      => true,
-				'description'      => 'description',
-				'date_of_birth'    => 'date_of_birth',
-				'address'          => 'address',
-				'city'             => 'city',
-				'region'           => 'region',
-				'postal_code'      => 'postal_code',
-				'country'          => 'country',
-				'hometown'         => 'hometown',
-				'gender'           => 'gender',
-				'marital'          => 'marital',
-				'marital_with'     => 'marital_with',
-				'marital_since'    => 'marital_since',
-				'sexual'           => 'sexual',
-				'politic'          => 'politic',
-				'religion'         => 'religion',
-				'public_keywords'  => 'public_keywords',
-				'private_keywords' => 'private_keywords',
-
-				'likes'           => 'likes',
-				'dislikes'        => 'dislikes',
-				'about'           => 'about',
-				'music'           => 'music',
-				'book'            => 'book',
-				'tv'              => 'tv',
-				'film'            => 'film',
-				'interest'        => 'interest',
-				'romance'         => 'romance',
-				'work'            => 'work',
-				'education'       => 'education',
-				'social_networks' => 'social_networks',
-				'homepage'        => 'homepage',
-				'users'           => null
-			],
-			$result
-		);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Test the api_format_items() function.
 	 *