serializer-test.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import {
  moduleForModel, test
}

from 'ember-qunit';

moduleForModel('record', 'Unit | Serializer | record', {
  // Specify the other units that are required for this test.
  needs: ['serializer:record']
});

// A generally-useful json-api top-level keys helper?
function validateJsonApiDocument(assert, typename, data) {
  assert.ok(data, 'data is present in the normalized payload');
  assert.equal(data.type, typename, 'data.type is ${typename}');
  assert.equal(Ember.typeOf(data.relationships), 'object', 'data.relationships value is an object');
  assert.equal(Ember.typeOf(data.attributes), 'object', 'data.attributes value is an object');
}

test('it deserializes a single record', function(assert) {
  var store = this.store();
  var serializer = store.serializerFor('record');
  var normalizedPayload = serializer.normalizeResponse(
    store,         // store
    store.modelFor('record'), // model
    payload,      // API data
    123,          // id
    'findRecord'  // requestType
  );

  validateJsonApiDocument(assert, 'record', normalizedPayload.data);
  assert.equal(Ember.typeOf(normalizedPayload.data), 'object', 'data value is an object');
});

test('it deserializes an array of records', function(assert) {
  var store = this.store();
  var serializer = store.serializerFor('record');
  var normalizedPayload = serializer.normalizeResponse(
    store,    // store
    store.modelFor('record'), // model
    payload,  // API data
    null,     // id
    'findAll' // requestType
  );

  validateJsonApiDocument(assert, 'record', normalizedPayload.data);
  assert.equal(Ember.typeOf(normalizedPayload.data), 'array', 'data value is an array');
});