Get hash of a model object

gistfile1.rb

# For Ruby on Rails
# It will give hash of given model object
model_obj.serializable_hash

# Another way to get hash of a model object
ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(model_obj.to_json)

For MultiJson issue use

https://github.com/intridea/multi_json

require 'multi_json'

MultiJson.load('{"abc":"def"}') #=> {"abc" => "def"}
MultiJson.load('{"abc":"def"}', :symbolize_keys => true) #=> {:abc => "def"}
MultiJson.dump({:abc => 'def'}) # convert Ruby back to JSON
MultiJson.dump({:abc => 'def'}, :pretty => true) # encoded in a pretty form (if supported by the coder)