How can I have ActiveRecord's pluck also return the column name for rendering in json?

Question

def jsontest
   @users = User.all.limit(10)
   render json: @users
end

yields

{
...

\"id\": 7,
\"name\": \"Sage Smith\",
\"email\"         


        

Answer 1

You can pull the data along with the column name as:

@users = User.all.limit(10)
                 .pluck(:id, :name, :email, :created_at)
                 .map {|id, name, email, created_at| { id: id, name: name, 
                                                       email: email, 
                                                       created_at: created_at } }

This will pull the data and map it according to how you want it. One advantage of using pluck over select is that you can use joins along with it.