I created an extra column on my manyToMany decorator and know how to preload my data based on its value. my question is how can I actually take that value and insert it to it’s relevant preloaded data or insert them into a new array on parent model, in other words how can I bring back the extra pivot_column with my record(s) because currently it’s in the $extra and not showing up with other properties in api call, Im currently creating a new array and inserting it with a map() but Im very worried about this approach.
thank you
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Answer
so assuming we have a products table in manyToMany relation with colors table
export default class Product extends BaseModel { @manyToMany(() => Color, { pivotTable: 'color_products', pivotTimestamps: true, pivotColumns: ['stock'], }) public colors: ManyToMany<typeof Color> }
when we bring back a single instance with product.load() or an array with Product.preload()
there will be and array of colors as a product parameter and pivot_table here color_products data in $extras I asked how can I bring the $extras as a product parameter but that was a mistake and the stock(number) is about the color of product for example a I want to know how many green shirts is in the database, as a result the solution will do just that,bringing stock number with each color object as a product parameter.here is how:
export default class Color extends BaseModel { @manyToMany(() => Product, { pivotTable: 'color_products', pivotTimestamps: true, pivotColumns: ['stock'], }) public products: ManyToMany<typeof Product> @computed() public get stock() { const stock = this.$extras.pivot_stock return stock } }
Short version
define a computed method on the related model and return the column from this.$extras:
@computed() public get stock() { const stock = this.$extras.pivot_stock //my pivot column name was "stock" return stock }
don’t forget you should have allready have this in @manyToMany options inside your model:
pivotColumns: ['stock'],
or bring the pivotColumn from other ways.