ember data serializer data mapping

Question

I'm using ember & ember-data to try and consume a json feed from the server. Here is my code:

App = Ember.Application.create();

DS.RESTAdapter.configure(
    "plurals", {
        category: 'categories'
    }
);

App.Store = DS.Store.extend({
    revision: 12,
    adapter: DS.RESTAdapter.create({
        url: 'app'
    })
});

App.Router.map(function(){
    this.resource('categories');
});

App.CategoriesRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
    model: function() {
        return App.Category.find();
    }
});

var attr = DS.attr;

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

Now this works fine with a testing server. Using the following JSON

{
    "categories":[
        {
            "name":"Beef",
            "id":1
        },
        {
            "name":"Pork",
            "id":2
        }
    ]
}

However in production the server provide the following json:

{
    "success":true,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "total":2,
    "data":[
        {
            "name":"Beef",
            "id":1
        },
        {
            "name":"Pork",
            "id":2
        }
    ]
}

I can't for the life of me work out how to use the serializer to consume the live json. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

UPDATE:

I've since tried to write the serializer but it doesn't appear to be working...

see below

App.Store = DS.Store.extend({
    revision: 12,
    adapter: DS.RESTAdapter.create({
        url: 'app',
        serializer: DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
            extract: function(loader, json, type, record) {
                var root = 'data';
                this.sideload(loader, type, json, root);
                this.extractMeta(loader, type, json);
                if (json[root]) {
                    if (record) { loader.updateId(record, json[root]); }
                    this.extractRecordRepresentation(loader, type, json[root]);
                }
            }
        })
    })
});

Which now produces this error Uncaught Error: assertion failed: Your server returned a hash with the key data but you have no mapping for it

Answer 1

You have 2 options

• make your server compatible, and let it returns the json as ember data expects it,
• write your own adapter/serializer to support this format.

UPDATE: write your own serializer UPDATE 2: get rid of unused functions

https://github.com/emberjs/data/blob/master/packages/ember-data/lib/serializers/json_serializer.js#L196

You can inherit from the DS.RESTSerializer and change extract with this code

  extract: function(loader, json, type, record) {
    var root = 'data';

    if (json[root]) {
      if (record) { loader.updateId(record, json[root]); }
      this.extractRecordRepresentation(loader, type, json[root]);
    }
  }

This assumes that the content of request will always be under the data key of your json.