Documentation for ResourceSerializer with includes is incorrect

[jagthedrummer]

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The documentation says that ResourceSerailizer should be able to include resources by doing something like this:

post = Post.find(1)

JSONAPI::ResourceSerializer.new(PostResource,
  include: ['comments'],
).serialize_to_hash(PostResource.new(post, nil))

But when I do this I don't get an included section in the serialized output.

Additionally I don't find any tests in the test suite that demonstrate the documented way of doing it, but I find several tests that seem to achieve includes via much more verbose and laborious methods.

Am I missing something?

[jagthedrummer]

After banging my head against this a little more I found that the 0.10.x docs actually do match the current state of the master branch, but they don't match the latest 0.10.x release (0.10.7). Cutting a new release might help people avoid this problem.

[oskarpearson]

Hi @lgebhardt

There seems to be an inconsistency between the docs and the serialize_to_hash change.

https://jsonapi-resources.com/v0.10/guide/serializer.html refers to serialize_to_hash. That method was re-added to the master branch in commit eb43272 in Jan 2021.

However the 0.10 series doesn't include the re-addition of serialize_to_hash since v0.10.7 only seems to include bugfixes - it seems it was branched off of v0.10.3 in Jan 2021.

Should I be running the 0.11 beta series to get this change? Or would it be feasible to create a new 0.10 series that includes it?

Thanks for your help!

[filipesperandio]

Looking for the same. Inconsistencies between docs and implementation is getting in the way of adopting the gem. :(