Populate Where...

If the specified association is plural ("collection"), this action returns the list of associated records as a JSON array of objects. If the specified association is singular ("model"), this action returns the associated record as a JSON object.

GET /:model/:record/:association

Example

Populate the cashier who conducted purchase #47.

Using jQuery:

$.get('/purchase/47/cashier', function (purchase) {
  console.log(purchase);
});

Using Angular:

$http.get('/purchase/47/cashier')
.then(function (purchase) {
  console.log(purchase);
});

Using sails.io.js:

io.socket.get('/purchase/47/cashier', function (purchase) {
  console.log(purchase);
});

Using cURL:

curl http://localhost:1337/purchase/47/cashier

Should return

{
  "amount": 99.99,
  "id": 47,
  "cashier": {
    "name": "Dolly",
    "id": 7,
    "createdAt": "2012-05-14T01:21:05.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2013-01-15T01:18:40.000Z"
  },
  "createdAt": "2013-10-14T01:22:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2013-10-15T01:20:54.000Z"
}

Notes

• The example above assumes "rest" blueprints are enabled, and that your project contains at least an empty 'Employee' model as well as a Purchase model with an association attribute: cashier: {model: 'Employee'}. You'll also need at least an empty PurchaseController and EmployeeController. You can quickly achieve this by running:

  $ sails new foo
  $ cd foo
  $ sails generate api purchase
  $ sails generate api employee
  

...then editing api/models/Purchase.js.