What's the proper way/syntax to access Active Record nested objects through the frontend's fetch request?
I have a React frontend and a Ruby Sinatra backend. I have 4 models in the backend: here's my ERD. Here's the important associations below in a nutshell:
class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :songs
has_many :genres, through: :songs
has_many :reviews, through: :songs
accepts_nested_attributes_for :genres, :songs
end
class Genre < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :songs
has_many :artists, through: :songs
has_many :reviews, through: :songs
accepts_nested_attributes_for :artists, :songs
end
class Song < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :reviews
belongs_to :artist
belongs_to :genre
accepts_nested_attributes_for :genre, :artist, :reviews
end
My issues right now are mostly syntax and how to access the nested (implied) objects within the the body of my fetch request, and also how to access it in the backend. For example, song.artist.name
will lead to artist.name
but I'm having a tricky time accessing artist.name
through songs
, even though they have an association which should allow song to access this info and publish it.
post "/songs" do
# artist_id = Artist.find_by(name: params[:artistName]) || Artist.create(name: params[:artistName]),
# genre_id = Genre.find_by(name: params[:genreName]) || Genre.create(name: params[:genreName]),
# thisArtist = Artist.find_or_create_by(name: params[:artistName]),
# thisGenre = Genre.find_or_create_by(name: params[:genreName]),
# this_artist = Artist.find_or_create_by(name: params[:artistName]),
# this_genre = Genre.find_or_create_by(name: params[:genreName])
song = Song.create(
name: params[:name],
year: params[:year],
artist_attributes: [name: params[:artistName]],
genre_attributes: [name: params[:genreName]],
)
song.to_json
end
On the frontend, I'm pulling user data from a form where they provide song.name
, artist.name
, genre.name
and song.year
--
function submitNewSong({songName, year, artistName, genreName}) {
fetch(`http://localhost:9292/songs`, {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: songName,
year: year,
artist: {
name: artistName
},
genre: {
name: genreName
}
}),
})
.then((r) => r.json())
.then((data) => console.log(data))
I know it's not right which is why I'm having problems POSTing the info cleanly. The closest I've got is the songName
(via frontend) POSTing itself to song.name but none of the other names (for artist and genre) post. I'm just stuck at this point so any guidance is appreciated.
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