Ember-data and MongoDB, how to handle _id

Question

I\'m using ember-data with rails and MongoDB and am having problem with the way IDs are stored in MongoDB - in a _id field.

Ember-data will use id as the default field f

Answer 1

The best way is to use ActiveModel::Serializers. Since we are using Mongoid, you will need to add an include statement like that (see this gist from benedikt):

# config/initializers/active_model_serializers.rb
Mongoid::Document.send(:include, ActiveModel::SerializerSupport)
Mongoid::Criteria.delegate(:active_model_serializer, :to => :to_a)

And then include your serializer. Something like that:

# app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  attributes :id, :name, :email
  def id
    object._id
  end 
end

This fixes the _id problem