Using ActiveModel::Serializer in Rails - JSON data differs between json and index response

Question

I\'m using active_model_serializers gem to control the serialization data, and seeing some odd behavior. My code looks like so:

model & serializer

Answer 1

@Gagan this works for me:

App.users = new App.Collections.Users(<%= ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(@users).to_json.html_safe %>);

Answer 2

You are not using your serializer in the HTML view. Try this:

App.users = new App.Collections.Users(<%= UserSerializer.new(@users).to_json.html_safe %>);

The reason for this is that the serializer is picked up in the respond_with method, the serializer does not overwrite your .to_json method.