DS.Adapter Class addon/adapter.js:8


Extends: Ember.Object

Defined in: addon/adapter.js:8

Module: ember-data

An adapter is an object that receives requests from a store and translates them into the appropriate action to take against your persistence layer. The persistence layer is usually an HTTP API, but may be anything, such as the browser's local storage. Typically the adapter is not invoked directly instead its functionality is accessed through the store.

Creating an Adapter

Create a new subclass of DS.Adapter in the app/adapters folder:

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  // ...your code here
});

Model-specific adapters can be created by putting your adapter class in an app/adapters/ + model-name + .js file of the application.

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  // ...Post-specific adapter code goes here
});

DS.Adapter is an abstract base class that you should override in your application to customize it for your backend. The minimum set of methods that you should implement is:

  • findRecord()
  • createRecord()
  • updateRecord()
  • deleteRecord()
  • findAll()
  • query()

To improve the network performance of your application, you can optimize your adapter by overriding these lower-level methods:

  • findMany()

For an example implementation, see DS.RESTAdapter, the included REST adapter.

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createRecord

(store, type, snapshot) Promise

Implement this method in a subclass to handle the creation of new records.

Serializes the record and sends it to the server.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  createRecord: function(store, type, snapshot) {
    var data = this.serialize(snapshot, { includeId: true });
    var url = type;

    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: url,
        dataType: 'json',
        data: data
      }).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
the DS.Model class of the record
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Promise
promise

deleteRecord

(store, type, snapshot) Promise

Implement this method in a subclass to handle the deletion of a record.

Sends a delete request for the record to the server.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  deleteRecord: function(store, type, snapshot) {
    var data = this.serialize(snapshot, { includeId: true });
    var id = snapshot.id;
    var url = [type, id].join('/');

    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.ajax({
        type: 'DELETE',
        url: url,
        dataType: 'json',
        data: data
      }).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
the DS.Model class of the record
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Promise
promise

findAll

(store, type, sinceToken, snapshotRecordArray) Promise

The findAll() method is used to retrieve all records for a given type.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  findAll: function(store, type, sinceToken) {
    var url = type;
    var query = { since: sinceToken };
    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.getJSON(url, query).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
sinceToken String
snapshotRecordArray DS.SnapshotRecordArray

Returns:

Promise
promise

findMany

(store, type, ids, snapshots) Promise

Find multiple records at once if coalesceFindRequests is true.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
the DS.Model class of the records
ids Array
snapshots Array

Returns:

Promise
promise

findRecord

(store, type, id, snapshot) Promise
Defined in addon/adapter.js:88

The findRecord() method is invoked when the store is asked for a record that has not previously been loaded. In response to findRecord() being called, you should query your persistence layer for a record with the given ID. Once found, you can asynchronously call the store's push() method to push the record into the store.

Here is an example findRecord implementation:

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  findRecord: function(store, type, id, snapshot) {
    var url = [type.modelName, id].join('/');

    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.getJSON(url).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
id String
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Promise
promise

generateIdForRecord

(store, type, inputProperties) (String|Number)

If the globally unique IDs for your records should be generated on the client, implement the generateIdForRecord() method. This method will be invoked each time you create a new record, and the value returned from it will be assigned to the record's primaryKey.

Most traditional REST-like HTTP APIs will not use this method. Instead, the ID of the record will be set by the server, and your adapter will update the store with the new ID when it calls didCreateRecord(). Only implement this method if you intend to generate record IDs on the client-side.

The generateIdForRecord() method will be invoked with the requesting store as the first parameter and the newly created record as the second parameter:

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generateIdForRecord: function(store, inputProperties) {
  var uuid = App.generateUUIDWithStatisticallyLowOddsOfCollision();
  return uuid;
}

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
the DS.Model class of the record
inputProperties Object
a hash of properties to set on the newly created record.

Returns:

(String|Number)
id

groupRecordsForFindMany

(store, snapshots) Array

Organize records into groups, each of which is to be passed to separate calls to findMany.

For example, if your api has nested URLs that depend on the parent, you will want to group records by their parent.

The default implementation returns the records as a single group.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
snapshots Array

Returns:

Array
an array of arrays of records, each of which is to be loaded separately by `findMany`.

query

(store, type, query, recordArray) Promise

This method is called when you call query on the store.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  query: function(store, type, query) {
    var url = type;
    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.getJSON(url, query).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
query Object
recordArray DS.AdapterPopulatedRecordArray

Returns:

Promise
promise

queryRecord

(store, type, query) Promise

The queryRecord() method is invoked when the store is asked for a single record through a query object.

In response to queryRecord() being called, you should always fetch fresh data. Once found, you can asynchronously call the store's push() method to push the record into the store.

Here is an example queryRecord implementation:

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';
import Ember from 'ember';

export default DS.Adapter.extend(DS.BuildURLMixin, {
  queryRecord: function(store, type, query) {
    var urlForQueryRecord = this.buildURL(type.modelName, null, null, 'queryRecord', query);

    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.getJSON(urlForQueryRecord, query).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type subclass of DS.Model
query Object

Returns:

Promise
promise

serialize

(snapshot, options) Object

Proxies to the serializer's serialize method.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  createRecord: function(store, type, snapshot) {
    var data = this.serialize(snapshot, { includeId: true });
    var url = type;

    // ...
  }
});

Parameters:

snapshot DS.Snapshot
options Object

Returns:

Object
serialized snapshot

shouldBackgroundReloadAll

(store, snapshotRecordArray) Boolean

This method is used by the store to determine if the store should reload a record array after the store.findAll method resolves with a cached record array.

This method is only checked by the store when the store is returning a cached record array.

If this method returns true the store will re-fetch all records from the adapter.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
snapshotRecordArray DS.SnapshotRecordArray

Returns:

Boolean

shouldBackgroundReloadRecord

(store, snapshot) Boolean

This method is used by the store to determine if the store should reload a record after the store.findRecord method resolves a cached record.

This method is only checked by the store when the store is returning a cached record.

If this method returns true the store will re-fetch a record from the adapter.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Boolean

shouldReloadAll

(store, snapshotRecordArray) Boolean

This method is used by the store to determine if the store should reload all records from the adapter when records are requested by store.findAll.

If this method returns true, the store will re-fetch all records from the adapter. If this method returns false, the store will resolve immediately using the cached record.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
snapshotRecordArray DS.SnapshotRecordArray

Returns:

Boolean

shouldReloadRecord

(store, snapshot) Boolean

This method is used by the store to determine if the store should reload a record from the adapter when a record is requested by store.findRecord.

If this method returns true, the store will re-fetch a record from the adapter. If this method returns false, the store will resolve immediately using the cached record.

Parameters:

store DS.Store
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Boolean

updateRecord

(store, type, snapshot) Promise

Implement this method in a subclass to handle the updating of a record.

Serializes the record update and sends it to the server.

The updateRecord method is expected to return a promise that will resolve with the serialized record. This allows the backend to inform the Ember Data store the current state of this record after the update. If it is not possible to return a serialized record the updateRecord promise can also resolve with undefined and the Ember Data store will assume all of the updates were successfully applied on the backend.

Example

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  updateRecord: function(store, type, snapshot) {
    var data = this.serialize(snapshot, { includeId: true });
    var id = snapshot.id;
    var url = [type, id].join('/');

    return new Ember.RSVP.Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
      Ember.$.ajax({
        type: 'PUT',
        url: url,
        dataType: 'json',
        data: data
      }).then(function(data) {
        Ember.run(null, resolve, data);
      }, function(jqXHR) {
        jqXHR.then = null; // tame jQuery's ill mannered promises
        Ember.run(null, reject, jqXHR);
      });
    });
  }
});

Parameters:

store DS.Store
type DS.Model
the DS.Model class of the record
snapshot DS.Snapshot

Returns:

Promise
promise
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coalesceFindRequests

{boolean}

By default the store will try to coalesce all fetchRecord calls within the same runloop into as few requests as possible by calling groupRecordsForFindMany and passing it into a findMany call. You can opt out of this behaviour by either not implementing the findMany hook or by setting coalesceFindRequests to false.

defaultSerializer

{String}
Defined in addon/adapter.js:66

If you would like your adapter to use a custom serializer you can set the defaultSerializer property to be the name of the custom serializer.

Note the defaultSerializer serializer has a lower priority than a model specific serializer (i.e. PostSerializer) or the application serializer.

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import DS from 'ember-data';

export default DS.Adapter.extend({
  defaultSerializer: 'django'
});