In my Rails (api only) learning project, I have 2 models, Group and Album, that have a one-to-many relationship. When I try to save the group with the nested (already existing) albums, I get the following error, ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound (Couldn't find Album with ID=108 for Group with ID=)
. I'm using the jsonapi-serializer gem. Below is my current set up. Any help is appreciated.
Models
class Group < ApplicationRecord
has_many :albums
accepts_nested_attributes_for :albums
end
class Album < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :group
end
GroupsController#create
def create
group = Group.new(group_params)
if group.save
render json: GroupSerializer.new(group).serializable_hash
else
render json: { error: group.errors.messages }, status: 422
end
end
GroupsController#group_params
def group_params
params.require(:group)
.permit(:name, :notes, albums_attributes: [:id, :group_id])
end
Serializers
class GroupSerializer
include JSONAPI::Serializer
attributes :name, :notes
has_many :albums
end
class AlbumSerializer
include JSONAPI::Serializer
attributes :title, :group_id, :release_date, :release_date_accuracy, :notes
belongs_to :group
end
Example JSON payload
{
"group": {
"name": "Pink Floyd",
"notes": "",
"albums_attributes": [
{ "id": "108" }, { "id": "109" }
]
}
}
If the albums already exist, then accepts_nested_attributes
is not necessary.
You could save them like this:
Group.new(name: group_params[:name], notes: group_params[:notes], album_ids: group_params[:album_ids])
You will want to extract the album_ids as an array when passing it here.