http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39801625/getting-data-from-a-rest-api-into-ember-js-application

application.route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  init() {
    this._super(...arguments);
    
    $.mockjax({
      url: '/api/mock',
      responseText: {
        names: ['Ada Lovelace', 'Niklaus Wirth', 'Bill Gates', 'James Gosling', 'Guido van Rossum', 'Ken Thompson', 'Donald Knuth']
      }
    });
  },
  model() {
    return $.getJSON('/api/mock');
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName:'Ember Twiddle'
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>
{{model.names}}

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.4.8",
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/1.13.8/ember.js",
    "ember-data": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember-data.js/1.13.9/ember-data.js",
    "ember-template-compiler": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/1.13.8/ember-template-compiler.js",
    "jquery-mockjax": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery-mockjax/1.6.2/jquery.mockjax.js"
  }
}