Ember data Embedded JSON without Id and no root object - ember.js

Question

I am working with Ember and Ember-data. But the JSON which i receive is not par with the Ember side-loading standards. The JSON does'nt have a root model. Also the models are embedded and some times haves Ids and sometimes does not have Id.
I have seen couple of links on how to add root model using extract hook and also how to play with embedded model using
App.ColorSerializer = DS.RestSerializer.extend(DS.EmbeddedRecordsMixin, {
attrs: {
foos: {embedded: 'always'}
}
});
This code is taken from this link.
This is the JSON used there
{
colors:[
{
id: 1,
color: "red",
foos:[
{
id:1,
name:'something 1'
},
{
id:2,
name:'something 2'
}
]
},
...
Now the problem that i am facing is that my JSON could also look like below(no root model "color")
{
id: 1,
color: "red",
foos:[
{
id:1,
name:'something 1'
},
{
id:2,
name:'something 2'
}
]
},
...
or even like this(without Ids for foo objects)
{
id: 1,
color: "red",
foos:[
{
name:'something 1'
},
{
name:'something 2'
}
]
},
...
Is there any way i can handle this? How do i add Ids to the embedded model foo? Also is there some solution/plugin which would accept any kind of embedded JSON and convert it into side loaded JSON and added Ids if needed.
I have seen this solution. Does it really work? Because it does not use the latest EmbeddedRecordsMixin

Answer 1

I used a generic transform for arrays:
// /transforms/array.js
import DS from "ember-data";
import Ember from "ember";
export default DS.Transform.extend({
deserialize: function (value) {
if (Ember.isArray(value)) {
return Ember.A(value);
} else {
return Ember.A();
}
},
serialize: function (value) {
if (Ember.isArray(value)) {
return Ember.A(value);
} else {
return Ember.A();
}
}
});
Then in my model, I simply use:
foos: DS.attr("array")