WebAPI OData include related entities without using $expand option

Question

Expanding upon this earlier question

From the documentation here, it states:

"When you query an OData entity or collection, the default response does not include related entities."

Is there any way to include related entities without using the $expand option?

Answer 1

No, there is no way to contain the related entities without using the $expand. But if you only want the related ones, you can use navigation property such as: ~/Categories(1)/Products