Including :settings in to_json

[mkanthan]

Hi,

I'm wondering if there is a way to include the settings.all hash when you're converting a user object to JSON, such as:

user.to_json(:include => :settings)
user.to_json(:include => { :settings => :all })

These methods do not seem to work, as the JSON hash will just contain "settings": null. Is there any way to accomplish this? I am on version 1.2.0 which I understand is old.

[luizkowalski]

I have the same need
I would like to include the settings in the response built by serializer
My serializer looks like this

class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
  attributes :access_token, :first_name, :last_name, :email, ....
end

adding :settings doesn't work and it is really needed for me
Do you know any workaround?

[luizkowalski]

Updated: I added to_settings_hash in my serializer, but the JSON response is ugly

"to_settings_hash": {
    "language": {
      "prefered": [
        "de",
        "en"
      ]
    }
  }

I would prefer something like preferences instead to_settings_hash