AirtableSerializer

airtable_serializer.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import DS from 'ember-data';

/*
 * Override RESTSerializer since it's the closest to Airtable's afaik
 */
export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
  
  /*
   * Normalize each response from Airtable
   * to meet expected RESTSerializer criteria
   */
  normalizeResponse(store, type, payload) {
    /*
     * Get model name pluralized
     * ToDo: pluralization with Ember.Inflector
     */
    const modelNamePlural = type.modelName + 's';

    /*
     * Adapt the response depending if 
     * multiple records are returned
     * or a single one
     * and transform it
     * see Airtable API for more info
     */
    if(payload.records) {
      payload[modelNamePlural] = payload.records;
      delete payload.records;

      payload.meta = {
        offset: payload.offset
      };
      delete payload.offset;

      payload[modelNamePlural].forEach((record) => {
        Ember.merge(record, record.fields);
        delete record.fields;
        record.created = record.createdTime;
        delete record.createdTime;
      });
    } else {
      payload[type.modelName] = payload.fields;
      payload[type.modelName].id = payload.id;
      payload[type.modelName].created = payload.createdTime;
      delete payload.id;
      delete payload.fields;
      delete payload.createdTime;
    }

    return this._super(...arguments);
  }

});