Use "ReferencedList" with a returned array

[Xennis]

For instance a request to http://localhost:3000/api/companies/65 returns

{
  "id": 65,
  "name": "Example Company",
  "employees": [
    {"id": 1, "name": "XY", "age": 25, ... },
    {"id": 3, "name": "YY", "age": 28, ... },
    ...
  ]
}

How can I use the returned employees array in combination with the field type ReferencedList (without making an extra API call, the returned array already contains all data)? Hence I want to use something like:

var company = new Entity('companies');

company.showView().fields([
  new Field('name'),
  new ReferencedList('employees')
    //.targetEntity(employees)
    //.targetReferenceField('id')
    .targetFields([
       new Field('name'),
       new Field('age')
    ]); 
]);

Or if it doesn't work in combination with ReferencedList, how can I handle arrays like above instead?

[endel]

Our API can return nested related models too. It would be nice to have this option for this when calling singleApiCall, or something.

[lostb1t]

Same here, heavily based on nested relations. This also applies to the other relation methods, ReferenceMany etc

[fzaninotto]

Great idea, this is something that singleAPICall should allow in the future.

[cvlmtg]

+1 for this feature.

[fzaninotto]

I believe this implies the creation of a new type, something like embedded_list. Until this is added to the core, you can still write it yourself, or use the json type.

[Phocea]

Merci Francois!
This is exactly what I require. Indeed the json type gives me a quick workaround for now.

Please bear in mind that this kind of nesting can even go deeper. Something like:

{
"id": 65,
"name": "Example Company",
"employeeSet": [
{"region": "France",
"employees": [
{"id": 1, "name": "XY", "age": 25, ... },
{"id": 3, "name": "YY", "age": 28, ... }
]},
{"region": "US",
"employees": [
{"id": 6, "name": "XY", "age": 29, ... },
{"id": 8, "name": "YY", "age": 31, ... }
]}
]
}

[devguf]

+1

[SaiNageswarS]

+1

[AlexH7]

+1

[Phocea]

I have investigated this project https://github.com/jdorn/json-editor in order to go from a json to an html editor. Just thought I would post this here as it could be of great help toward a custom json / metadata editor

[fzaninotto]

Fixed by #714