Custom Serializer like ActiveModel Serializer

[stephenbaidu]

Is there some easy way of forcing my custom serializer on the object I get at $auth.user? Apart from overriding the controller that is rendering and specifying the active model serializer class to use?.

[rentziass]

Hi @stephenbaidu , did you find a way to do it? I'm looking for the same thing.

[rentziass]

FYI I only managed to do it by overriding the controllers, didn't find another way for now.

[stephenbaidu]

@rentziass Still searching since I do not want to override the controller.

[DeanSolecki]

@stephenbaidu, don't suppose you have any tips on that hack? I'm looking into the overrides right now and not seeing much help anywhere, docs or otherwise. A working example would be invaluable. :)

[rentziass]

@DeanSolecki I managed to get the response in the format I needed by overriding this:

devise_token_auth/app/models/devise_token_auth/concerns/user.rb

Lines 216 to 220 in c11dd18

	def token_validation_response
	self.as_json(except: [
	:tokens, :created_at, :updated_at
	])
	end

That's just "to_jsoning" the resource, aka User, excluding some of the attributes. Nothing prevents you from replacing those lines with a serializer of yours.

def token_validation_response
  YourUserSerializer.new( self, root: false )
end

[DeanSolecki]

@rentziass Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. :)

[rentziass]

@DeanSolecki No problem, I'm glad it helped, I spent hours trying to figure this out :)

[stephenbaidu]

@rentziass Brilliant and thanks.

[AlexVKO]

I wrote it in User model, but it doest work, am i doing something wrong?

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  include DeviseTokenAuth::Concerns::User
  # Include default devise modules.
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
          :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable,
          :omniauthable
  # Exclude: confirmable

  validates_presence_of :name

  def token_validation_response
    UserSerializer.new( self, root: false )
  end
end

[juddey]

@AlexVKO I had success with:
UserSerializer.new( self, root: false ).as_json

[AlexVKO]

Thank you @juddey

[AlexVKO]

Does it still works? I can't make it work on my api....
rails 5 api, active model serializer 0.10
========= UPDATE ========
nevermind, I got it (Overriding rendering methods)... sorry... I think this issue can be closed.

[brentonmorris]

Please close this. This is the preferred solution: https://github.com/lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth#overriding-rendering-methods

[booleanbetrayal]

agree

[rmcsharry]

Preferred solution docs moved:
https://github.com/lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth/blob/master/docs/usage/overrides.md