Is this a drop in replacement for active_model_serializers?

[kapso]

Coz the serializer (see below) is not working and I get this error - NoMethodError (undefined method order_date' for #Order:0x00007fb6b78c4748)`

active_model_serializers does allow you to attach attributes to local methods, looks like this gem does not allow this?

class OrderSerializer
  include FastJsonapi::ObjectSerializer

  attributes :id, :total_price_cents, :order_date
  
  # order_date is not a method/attribute on Order model
  def order_date
    Time.current.to_s
  end
end

[citizen428]

#54 Adds a way to define custom attributes via a block, but there's been no gem release since this PR got merged.

[shishirmk]

It is not a drop in replacement for AMS. However it is very similar to AMS so it should be easy to migrate. However note that fast_jsonapi only serializes to json:api spec

[kapso]

@citizen428 any plans of doing it via a method. Block is nice, but a method has its advantages - mixins, inheritance to extend behavior.

[citizen428]

@kapso I don't know, I'm not a developer on this project, I just recently had the same question. There were alternative PRs but to the best of my knowledge none of them got merged yet.

[kapso]

@citizen428 thanks for the clarification.

@shishirmk any chances of merging changes that use a method instead of attribute block?

[guilleiguaran]

@kapso we will resume the discussion about custom methods and what's the best for implementing it after of 1.1.0 release 😊

[kapso]

@guilleiguaran got it, thanks. Whats the timeline for 1.1.0 release?

[shishirmk]

@kapso 1.1.0 has been released. Closing this as the question is answered. There is a separate open issue and pull request for supporting custom attributes through methods instead of block so i am going to close this issue.