How to convert an Ember object to a regular javascript object

ember-to-native.js

// an Ember.Object is typeof 'function'/a class
// which can make serialization difficult (e.g., there are issues passing
// to jQuery's serialization

// using Object.assign
// (& es6 syntax)
Ember.Object.reopen({
  toNative() {
    return Object.assign({}, this);
  },
  toJson() {
    return JSON.stringify(this.toNative());
  }
});

// an example obj
const em = Ember.Object.create({ data: [1, 2, 3] });

$.ajax({
  type: 'GET',
  url: '/api',
  data: em.toNative()
});