I'm getting the error:
<NoMethodError: undefined method `read_attribute_for_serialization' for #<Record::ActiveRecord_Relation:0x007faa7cfe3318>>
The error is on third line of the snippet.
def artist @records = Record.where('artist_id = ' + params[:artist_id]) render :json => @records, serializer: RecordSummarySerializer end
This is an alternate serializer for the controller RecordsContrller. The other one, 'RecordsSerializer, works fine.
A search on this error brought up a few solutions. Some were unclear as to where one would add code. Another suggested adding:
alias :read_attribute_for_serialization :send
to the class where the error occurs. It didn't work for me. I also looked through the gem documentation. I found an example of the use of serializer:. It was clear any other code was needed.
I'm using Ruby 2.3.0 and Rails 5.0.0.
Controller
class RecordsController < ApplicationController ... def index @records = Record.order('title') render :json => @records end def artist @records = Record.where('artist_id = ' + params[:artist_id]) render :json => @records, serializer: RecordSummarySerializer end ... end
Model
class Record < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :artist belongs_to :label belongs_to :style has_many :tracks has_many :credits validates :title, presence: true validates :catalog, presence: true end
record_summary_serializer.rb
include ActiveModel::Serialization class RecordSummarySerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer attributes :id, :artist_id, :label_id, :style_id, :title, :catalog, :recording_date, :penguin, :category end
record_serializer.rb
class RecordSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer attributes :id, :artist_id, :label_id, :style_id, :title, :catalog, :alternate_catalog, :recording_date, :notes, :penguin, :category has_one :artist has_many :tracks end
Schema for Records
create_table "records", unsigned: true, force: :cascade, options: "ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8" do |t| t.string "title", limit: 50 t.string "catalog", limit: 20, null: false t.string "alternate_catalog", limit: 20 t.integer "artist_id", unsigned: true t.integer "label_id", null: false, unsigned: true t.integer "style_id", unsigned: true t.datetime "recording_date" t.text "notes", limit: 4294967295 t.string "penguin", limit: 50 t.string "category", limit: 50, default: "jazz" t.index ["artist_id"], name: "RecordHasOneArtist", using: :btree t.index ["label_id"], name: "RecordHasOneLabel", using: :btree t.index ["style_id"], name: "RecordHasOneStyle", using: :btree end
I just noticed, the primary key, id, doesn't appear in the schema. I see it in Sequel Pro when I view the table structure.
Update
I added the the code suggested by @JMazzy. I now get the error:
<NoMethodError: undefined method `id' for #<Record::ActiveRecord_Relation:0x007faa8005a9d8>\nDid you mean? ids>