diff --git a/plugins/collection-view/README.md b/plugins/collection-view/README.md
index 0c5b047..58982df 100644
--- a/plugins/collection-view/README.md
+++ b/plugins/collection-view/README.md
@@ -157,3 +157,37 @@ return [
     ]
 ];
 ```
+
+## Events
+
+CollectionView dispatches two events. Read the CakePHP docs for how to
+[register listeners](https://book.cakephp.org/5/en/core-libraries/events.html#registering-listeners).
+
+### MixerApi.CollectionView.beforeSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject and the `$type` of data (i.e. "xml" or "json") and is dispatched just
+before serialization.
+
+```php
+use \Cake\Event\Event;
+use \Cake\Event\EventManager;
+use \MixerApi\CollectionView\Serializer
+
+EventManager::instance()->on(Serializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event, string $type) {
+    /** @var Serializer $serializer */
+    $serializer = $event->getSubject();
+    $data = $serializer->getData(); // modify if you want or other stuff
+    $serializer->setData($data);
+})
+```
+
+### MixerApi.CollectionView.afterSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject, the `$type` of data (i.e. "xml" or "json") and the serialized data
+as `$data`. This is dispatched just after serialization.
+
+```php
+EventManager::instance()->on(Serializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event, string $type, string $data) {
+    // whatever you want to do here
+})
+```
diff --git a/plugins/collection-view/src/Serializer.php b/plugins/collection-view/src/Serializer.php
index 769f450..deae5aa 100644
--- a/plugins/collection-view/src/Serializer.php
+++ b/plugins/collection-view/src/Serializer.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 use Cake\Core\Configure;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
 use Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface;
+use Cake\Event\Event;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\Utility\Xml;
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
@@ -14,16 +16,11 @@
 
 /**
  * Serializes the CollectionView into either JSON or XML.
- *
- * @uses \Adbar\Dot
- * @uses \Cake\Core\Configure
- * @uses \Cake\Utility\Xml
  */
 class Serializer
 {
-    private ?ServerRequest $request;
-
-    private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator;
+    public const BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.CollectionView.beforeSerialize';
+    public const AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.CollectionView.afterSerialize';
 
     /**
      * serialized data
@@ -44,10 +41,11 @@ class Serializer
      * @param \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request optional ServerRequest
      * @param \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null $paginator optional PaginatorHelper
      */
-    public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null)
-    {
-        $this->request = $request;
-        $this->paginator = $paginator;
+    public function __construct(
+        mixed $serialize,
+        private ?ServerRequest $request = null,
+        private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null
+    ) {
         $this->config = Configure::read('CollectionView');
 
         if ($serialize instanceof ResultSetInterface || $serialize instanceof PaginatedResultSet) {
@@ -66,12 +64,21 @@ public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?P
      */
     public function asJson(int $jsonOptions = 0): string
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'type' => 'json',
+        ]));
+
         $json = json_encode($this->data, $jsonOptions);
 
         if ($json === false) {
             throw new RuntimeException(json_last_error_msg(), json_last_error());
         }
 
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'type' => 'json',
+            'data' => $json,
+        ]));
+
         return $json;
     }
 
@@ -85,7 +92,18 @@ public function asJson(int $jsonOptions = 0): string
      */
     public function asXml(array $options, string $rootNode = 'response'): string
     {
-        return Xml::fromArray([$rootNode => $this->data], $options)->saveXML();
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'type' => 'xml',
+        ]));
+
+        $xml = Xml::fromArray([$rootNode => $this->data], $options)->saveXML();
+
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'type' => 'xml',
+            'data' => $xml,
+        ]));
+
+        return $xml;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -96,6 +114,31 @@ public function getData(): mixed
         return $this->data;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $data The data to be serialized
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setData(mixed $data): void
+    {
+        $this->data = $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null
+     */
+    public function getRequest(): ?ServerRequest
+    {
+        return $this->request;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null
+     */
+    public function getPaginatorHelper(): ?PaginatorHelper
+    {
+        return $this->paginator;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param \Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface|\Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet $resultSet the data to be converted into a HAL array
      * @return array
diff --git a/plugins/collection-view/tests/TestCase/SerializerTest.php b/plugins/collection-view/tests/TestCase/SerializerTest.php
index bcae1cc..c8f96ac 100644
--- a/plugins/collection-view/tests/TestCase/SerializerTest.php
+++ b/plugins/collection-view/tests/TestCase/SerializerTest.php
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 
 namespace MixerApi\CollectionView\Test\TestCase;
 
-use Cake\Controller\ComponentRegistry;
 use Cake\Datasource\FactoryLocator;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
+use Cake\Event\EventList;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\Response;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\Routing\RouteBuilder;
 use Cake\Routing\Router;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
-use Cake\View\View;
 use MixerApi\CollectionView\Configuration;
 use MixerApi\CollectionView\View\JsonCollectionView;
 use MixerApi\CollectionView\Serializer;
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 class SerializerTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
-     * @var string[]
+     * @inheritdoc
      */
     public array $fixtures = [
         'plugin.MixerApi/CollectionView.Actors',
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public function setUp(): void
 
     public function test_as_json(): void
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->trackEvents(true)->setEventList(new EventList());
+
         $actor = FactoryLocator::get('Table')->get('Actors');
 
         $result = new PaginatedResultSet($actor->find()->limit(1)->all(), [
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ public function test_as_json(): void
 
         $obj = json_decode($json);
         $this->assertIsObject($obj);
+        $this->assertEventFired(Serializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
+        $this->assertEventFired(Serializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
         $this->assertEquals(20, $obj->collection->count);
         $this->assertEquals(60, $obj->collection->total);
         $this->assertEquals('/', $obj->collection->url);
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ public function test_as_json(): void
 
     public function test_as_xml(): void
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->trackEvents(true)->setEventList(new EventList());
         $actor = FactoryLocator::get('Table')->get('Actors');
 
         $result = new PaginatedResultSet($actor->find()->limit(1)->all(), [
@@ -142,6 +147,8 @@ public function test_as_xml(): void
         $this->assertIsString($xml);
 
         $simpleXml = simplexml_load_string($xml);
+        $this->assertEventFired(Serializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
+        $this->assertEventFired(Serializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(SimpleXMLElement::class, $simpleXml);
         $this->assertEquals('/', $simpleXml->collection->url);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(SimpleXMLElement::class, $simpleXml->data);
diff --git a/plugins/hal-view/README.md b/plugins/hal-view/README.md
index 762e158..bdbbb15 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-view/README.md
+++ b/plugins/hal-view/README.md
@@ -245,3 +245,36 @@ use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
 $json = (new JsonSerializer($data, new ServerRequest(), new PaginatorHelper()))->asJson();
 ```
+
+## Events
+
+HalView dispatches two events. Read the CakePHP docs for how to
+[register listeners](https://book.cakephp.org/5/en/core-libraries/events.html#registering-listeners).
+
+### MixerApi.HalView.beforeSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject and is dispatched just before serialization.
+
+```php
+use \Cake\Event\Event;
+use \Cake\Event\EventManager;
+use \MixerApi\HalView\JsonSerializer;
+
+EventManager::instance()->on(JsonSerializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event) {
+    /** @var Serializer $serializer */
+    $serializer = $event->getSubject();
+    $data = $serializer->getData(); // modify if you want or other stuff
+    $serializer->setData($data);
+})
+```
+
+### MixerApi.HalView.afterSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject and the serialized data as `$data`. This is dispatched just after
+serialization.
+
+```php
+EventManager::instance()->on(JsonSerializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event, string $data) {
+    // whatever you want to do here
+})
+```
diff --git a/plugins/hal-view/src/JsonSerializer.php b/plugins/hal-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
index 75d00a5..f0f4a13 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
+++ b/plugins/hal-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 use Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
 use Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface;
+use Cake\Event\Event;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\ORM\Entity;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
@@ -19,16 +21,11 @@
  * Creates a HAL+JSON resource
  *
  * @link https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-kelly-json-hal-06
- * @uses \Cake\Utility\Inflector
- * @uses \MixerApi\Core\View\SerializableAssociation
- * @uses ReflectionClass
  */
 class JsonSerializer
 {
-    private ?ServerRequest $request;
-
-    private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator;
-
+    public const BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.HalView.beforeSerialize';
+    public const AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.HalView.afterSerialize';
     private mixed $data;
 
     /**
@@ -38,11 +35,11 @@ class JsonSerializer
      * @param \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request optional ServerRequest
      * @param \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null $paginator optional PaginatorHelper
      */
-    public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null)
-    {
-        $this->request = $request;
-        $this->paginator = $paginator;
-
+    public function __construct(
+        mixed $serialize,
+        private ?ServerRequest $request = null,
+        private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null
+    ) {
         $hal = $this->recursion($serialize);
 
         if ($hal instanceof ResultSetInterface || $hal instanceof PaginatedResultSet) {
@@ -63,25 +60,56 @@ public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?P
      */
     public function asJson(int $jsonOptions = 0): string
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this));
+
         $json = json_encode($this->data, $jsonOptions);
 
         if ($json === false) {
             throw new RuntimeException(json_last_error_msg(), json_last_error());
         }
 
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'data' => $json,
+        ]));
+
         return $json;
     }
 
     /**
      * Get HAL data as an array
      *
-     * @return array|null
+     * @return mixed
      */
-    public function getData(): ?array
+    public function getData(): mixed
     {
         return $this->data;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $data The data to be serialized
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setData(mixed $data): void
+    {
+        $this->data = $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null
+     */
+    public function getRequest(): ?ServerRequest
+    {
+        return $this->request;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null
+     */
+    public function getPaginatorHelper(): ?PaginatorHelper
+    {
+        return $this->paginator;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Recursive method for converting mixed data into HAL. This method converts instances of Cake\ORM\Entity into
      * HAL resources, but does not serialize the data.
diff --git a/plugins/hal-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php b/plugins/hal-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
index 02f776c..6cac6bb 100644
--- a/plugins/hal-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
+++ b/plugins/hal-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use Cake\Datasource\FactoryLocator;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
+use Cake\Event\EventList;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\Response;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\ORM\Table;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ public function setUp(): void
 
     public function test_collection(): void
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->trackEvents(true)->setEventList(new EventList());
+
         $actor = FactoryLocator::get('Table')->get('Actors');
         $result = new PaginatedResultSet($actor->find()->applyOptions(['contain' => 'Films'])->limit(1)->all(), [
             'sort' => null,
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@ public function test_collection(): void
 
         $this->assertIsString($json);
         $this->assertIsObject(json_decode($json));
+        $this->assertEventFired(JsonSerializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
+        $this->assertEventFired(JsonSerializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
     }
 
     public function test_item(): void
diff --git a/plugins/json-ld-view/README.md b/plugins/json-ld-view/README.md
index c7f520e..9c7309c 100644
--- a/plugins/json-ld-view/README.md
+++ b/plugins/json-ld-view/README.md
@@ -345,3 +345,36 @@ use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
 $json = (new JsonSerializer($data, new ServerRequest(), new PaginatorHelper()))->asJson();
 ```
+
+## Events
+
+JsonLdView dispatches two events. Read the CakePHP docs for how to
+[register listeners](https://book.cakephp.org/5/en/core-libraries/events.html#registering-listeners).
+
+### MixerApi.JsonLdView.beforeSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject and is dispatched just before serialization.
+
+```php
+use \Cake\Event\Event;
+use \Cake\Event\EventManager;
+use \MixerApi\JsonLdView\JsonSerializer;
+
+EventManager::instance()->on(JsonSerializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event) {
+    /** @var Serializer $serializer */
+    $serializer = $event->getSubject();
+    $data = $serializer->getData(); // modify if you want or other stuff
+    $serializer->setData($data);
+})
+```
+
+### MixerApi.JsonLdView.afterSerialize
+
+The event contains the Serializer as the subject and the serialized data as `$data`. This is dispatched just after
+serialization.
+
+```php
+EventManager::instance()->on(JsonSerializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, function (Event $event, string $data) {
+    // whatever you want to do here
+})
+```
diff --git a/plugins/json-ld-view/src/JsonSerializer.php b/plugins/json-ld-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
index 8524f43..b434933 100644
--- a/plugins/json-ld-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
+++ b/plugins/json-ld-view/src/JsonSerializer.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 use Cake\Datasource\EntityInterface;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
 use Cake\Datasource\ResultSetInterface;
+use Cake\Event\Event;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\ORM\Entity;
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
@@ -17,15 +19,13 @@
 /**
  * Creates a JSON-LD resource
  *
- * @uses \MixerApi\Core\View\SerializableAssociation
  * @link https://json-ld.org/
  * @link https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-hydra/2015Oct/0163.html
  */
 class JsonSerializer
 {
-    private ?ServerRequest $request;
-
-    private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator;
+    public const BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.JsonLdView.beforeSerialize';
+    public const AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT = 'MixerApi.JsonLdView.afterSerialize';
 
     /**
      * JSON-LD data array
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ class JsonSerializer
      * @param \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null $request optional ServerRequest
      * @param \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null $paginator optional PaginatorHelper
      */
-    public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null)
-    {
-        $this->request = $request;
-        $this->paginator = $paginator;
-
+    public function __construct(
+        mixed $serialize,
+        private ?ServerRequest $request = null,
+        private ?PaginatorHelper $paginator = null
+    ) {
         $jsonLd = $this->recursion($serialize);
         $this->config = Configure::read('JsonLdView');
         if (isset($this->config['isHydra']) && $this->config['isHydra']) {
@@ -82,12 +82,18 @@ public function __construct(mixed $serialize, ?ServerRequest $request = null, ?P
      */
     public function asJson(int $jsonOptions = 0): string
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this));
+
         $json = json_encode($this->data, $jsonOptions);
 
         if ($json === false) {
             throw new RuntimeException(json_last_error_msg(), json_last_error());
         }
 
+        EventManager::instance()->dispatch(new Event(self::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT, $this, [
+            'data' => $json,
+        ]));
+
         return $json;
     }
 
@@ -101,6 +107,31 @@ public function getData(): ?array
         return $this->data;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $data The data to be serialized
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setData(mixed $data): void
+    {
+        $this->data = $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\Http\ServerRequest|null
+     */
+    public function getRequest(): ?ServerRequest
+    {
+        return $this->request;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return \Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper|null
+     */
+    public function getPaginatorHelper(): ?PaginatorHelper
+    {
+        return $this->paginator;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Recursive method for converting mixed data into JSON-LD. This method converts instances of Cake\ORM\Entity into
      * JSON-LD resources, but does not serialize the data.
diff --git a/plugins/json-ld-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php b/plugins/json-ld-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
index 9a40d73..abb0bf7 100644
--- a/plugins/json-ld-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
+++ b/plugins/json-ld-view/tests/TestCase/JsonSerializerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 use Cake\Datasource\FactoryLocator;
 use Cake\Datasource\Paging\PaginatedResultSet;
+use Cake\Event\EventList;
+use Cake\Event\EventManager;
 use Cake\Http\Response;
 use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
 use Cake\ORM\Table;
@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@
 use Cake\View\Helper\PaginatorHelper;
 use Cake\View\View;
 use MixerApi\JsonLdView\JsonSerializer;
-use MixerApi\JsonLdView\View\JsonLdView;
 
 class JsonSerializerTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ public function setUp(): void
      */
     public function test_collection(string $resultType): void
     {
+        EventManager::instance()->trackEvents(true)->setEventList(new EventList());
+
         /** @var Table $actor */
         $actor = FactoryLocator::get('Table')->get('Actors');
         $result = $actor->find()->contain('Films')->limit(1)->all();
@@ -96,6 +99,8 @@ public function test_collection(string $resultType): void
 
         $this->assertIsString($json);
         $this->assertIsObject(json_decode($json));
+        $this->assertEventFired(JsonSerializer::BEFORE_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
+        $this->assertEventFired(JsonSerializer::AFTER_SERIALIZE_EVENT);
     }
 
     public static function dataProviderForCollectionTypes(): array