Ember Data nested resource URL

Question

Let\'s say I have a Rails app with the following layout (simplified this a bit from my actual project):

User
    has many Notes

Category
    has many Notes
         


        

Answer 1

I would say simple:

Ember models

App.User = DS.Model.extend({
  name: DS.attr('string'),
  notes: DS.hasMany('App.Note')
});

App.Category = DS.Model.extend({
  name: DS.attr('string'),
  notes: DS.hasMany('App.Note')
});

App.Note = DS.Model.extend({
  text: DS.attr('string'),
  user: DS.belongsTo('App.User'),
  category: DS.belongsTo('App.Category'),
});

Rails controllers

class UsersController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: current_user.users.all, status: :ok
  end

  def show
    render json: current_user.users.find(params[:id]), status: :ok
  end
end

class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: current_user.categories.all, status: :ok
  end

  def show
    render json: current_user.categories.find(params[:id]), status: :ok
  end
end

class NotesController < ApplicationController
  def index
    render json: current_user.categories.notes.all, status: :ok
    # or
    #render json: current_user.users.notes.all, status: :ok
  end

  def show
    render json: current_user.categories.notes.find(params[:id]), status: :ok
    # or
    #render json: current_user.users.notes.find(params[:id]), status: :ok
  end
end

Be careful: these controllers are a simplified version (index may filter according to requested ids, ...). You can have a look at How to get parentRecord id with ember data for further discussion.

Active Model Serializers

class ApplicationSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  embed :ids, include: true
end

class UserSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
  attributes :id, :name
  has_many :notes
end

class CategorySerializer < ApplicationSerializer
  attributes :id, :name
  has_many :notes
end

class NoteSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
  attributes :id, :text, :user_id, :category_id
end

We include sideload data here, but you could avoid it, setting the include parameter to false in ApplicationSerializer.

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The users, categories & notes will be received & cached by ember-data as they come, and missing items will be requested as needed.