Non-persistent attributes in EmberJS

Question

Does anyone know of a way to specify for an Ember model an attribute which is not persisted?

Basically, we\'re loading some metadata related to each model

Answer 1

Following this answer, to prevent a field from being serialized, override the default serializer for your model:

In app/serializers/person.js:

export default DS.JSONSerializer.extend({
  attrs: {
    admin: { serialize: false }
  }
});

See here for the source PR. This solution works in Ember Data 2, and should work in older versions as well.