Ember Model: Using Custom Primary Key makes attribute lose value

Question

This is my Customer model:

export default DS.Model.extend({
    customerId: DS.attr('string'),
    customerName: DS.attr('string')
});

This is my Customer Serializer:

import DS from 'ember-data';
export default DS.RESTSerializer.extend({
    primaryKey : 'customerId' // I am defining customerId as primary key
});

This is my JSON Response from server

{
  "customers": [
    {
      "customerId": "1",
      "customerName": "name 1"
    },
    {
      "customerId": "2",
      "customerName": "name 2"
    },
    {
      "customerId": "3",
      "customerName": "name 3"
    }
  ]
}

Everything works fine, But then when i try to get customerId, i get undefined.

sample code

var x = getModelInstanceFromWhere();
x.get('id'); //=> returns : "1"
x.get('customerId'); //=> returns :  undefined
x.get('customerName'); //=> returns :  "name 1"
x.toJSON(); //=> return obj: {customerId:undefined,customerName:"name 1"}
x.get('data'); //=> return obj: {id:"1",customerName:"name 1"}

I want to get customerId value, even when using customerId as primary key. Something like x.get('customerId') must give me customerId rather than undefined

In your serializer can't you normalize your JSON into a format ember is happier with, so you would normalize `customerId` to `id` as ember-data expects? — Phil Hauser, Jun 25 '15 at 14:04
Essentially the `primaryKey` property works as a mechanism for informing the serializer to move that property to and from the named `primaryKey`. — Kingpin2k, Jun 25 '15 at 14:44
If you really want the functionality you are looking for, build up a custom serializer and override this function: https://github.com/emberjs/data/blob/v1.13.4/packages/ember-data/lib/serializers/json-serializer.js#L727 — Kingpin2k, Jun 25 '15 at 14:46
@Kingpin2k Can you pls post it as answer, so that i can mark it as solved. — syed imty, Jun 26 '15 at 05:34

Ember Model: Using Custom Primary Key makes attribute lose value

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