Using primary keys with Ember Data

Question

I\'ve been struggling for the past few days with primary keys and the last version of Ember Data.

I first read how to do it on the

Answer 1

I use MongoDB and Ember-Data 1.0.0-beta.6 in my application and the _id posed a problem in Ember 1.4.0 for me too. Here's what I've done to solve the problem, assuming the returned JSON array is nested in the root property "people":

App.ApplicationSerializer = DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
    normalizeHash: {
        people: function(hash) {
            hash.id = hash._id;
            delete hash._id;
            return hash;
        }
    }
});

This is, of course, an application-wide serializer but you can limit it to a specific path with something like App.MyPathSerializer = DS.RESTSerializer.extend({ ... });