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Lokesh Waran
Lokesh Waran

Reputation: 113

Overriding active-record attributes method

I wanted to overwrite the default active-record attributes method because i dont want to return created_at and updated_at in my json responses of any model.

so here's what i have done.

class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  self.abstract_class = true

  def attributes
    super.except('created_at', 'updated_at')
  end
end

This worked fine for me for the past few months. But now i came across a scenario that i should not send the password attribute from my User model. So 

class User < ApplicationRecord
  def attributes
    super.except('password')
  end
end

This worked like a charm when i run it from rails console. But when i run it from a controller, i really don't know for what reason, but it goes for a infinite loop. And here is my controller action.

def update
  @object = klass.find(id)
  @object.update_attributes!(update_params)
  render json: {
    status: true,
    message: 'Saved Successfully..!',
    data: object_json(@object)
  }
end

def object_json(object)
  object.as_json.except('updated_at', 'created_at')
end

Can someone help me out of this.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 974

Answers (1)

Hesham Youssef
Hesham Youssef

Reputation: 198

A better way to control what attributes you want to render in your JSON responses, is to use a serializer like for example active_model_serializers

A good article to read about it can be found here SERVING CUSTOM JSON

I wouldn't recommend overwriting default active-record attributes method

Upvotes: 2

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