Saving a model, that has many services, where are my ids - ember.js

Question

I have the following model
MyApp.Company = MyApp.User.extend
companyName: DS.attr('string')
companyEmail: DS.attr('string')
cvr: DS.attr('number')
services: DS.hasMany('service')
Which has many services
MyApp.Service = DS.Model.extend
name: DS.attr('string')
description: DS.attr('string')
content: DS.attr('string')
avatar: DS.attr('string')
smallAvatar: DS.attr('string')
serviceField: DS.belongsTo('serviceField')
companies: DS.hasMany('company')
Now i have a panel, where the user adds services to his company, and end up pushing the save button which triggers this action in my controller.
saveAccount: ->
#get('model').save()
Now my problem is that, with the new services added, i would expect the data in the put request to look something like this.
company: {
company_email: "fsfsdfsdf"
company_name: "Elvar's biks"
cvr: 389298498
services: [1,4,2]
}
But the "services" is missing; am i expecting a wrong json structure? If so, how should i tackle this?
Might be worth noting, that all the object are created before hand, so the client i choosing from existent services, i just need to create the relations server side.

Answer 1

Looks like you are trying to set up a many to many relationship, so you'll want to use a bridge table/model here.
First, create a new model called CompanyService:
MyApp.CompanyService = DS.Model.extend
company: DS.belongsTo 'company'
service: DS.belongsTo 'service'
Next, update your company model:
MyApp.Company = MyApp.User.extend
companyName: DS.attr('string')
companyEmail: DS.attr('string')
cvr: DS.attr('number')
companyServices: DS.hasMany('companyService', {async:true})
Then, update your service model:
MyApp.Service = DS.Model.extend
name: DS.attr('string')
description: DS.attr('string')
content: DS.attr('string')
avatar: DS.attr('string')
smallAvatar: DS.attr('string')
serviceField: DS.belongsTo('serviceField')
companyServices: DS.hasMany('companyService', {async:true})
From here you'll need to modify whatever backend setup (Rails?) you have going to accommodate this new model relationship.
Hope that helps!