Using websockets to insert new records

[daniel-de-wit]

I receive JSONAPI payload from a websocket which I normalise and insert into the store, like so:

Route ( with InfinityRoute mixin ):

createChatMessage(JSONApiPayload) {
  const store = this.get('store');
  const record =  store.push(store.normalize('chat-message', JSONApiPayload));

  // Update the infinityModel with the new record..
}

How should I insert this new record into the infinityModel ( properly )?

For now I extended the ember-infinity mixin with 2 public methods:

  pushRecord(record) {
    const infinityModel = this._infinityModel();

    infinityModel.pushObject(record._internalModel);
  },

  pushRecords(records) {
    records.forEach(record => {
      this.pushRecord(record);
    });
  }

Which I found in the open PR: #107

Then in my route I added the call to pushRecord like so:

createChatMessage(JSONApiPayload) {
  const store = this.get('store');
  const record = store.push(store.normalize('chat-message', JSONApiPayload));

  this.pushRecord(record);
}

My quick solution works, but there must be a better way? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

[hhff]

HI @daniel-de-wit - yeah I agree - this isn't ideal.

We currently do this:
return infinityModel.pushObjects(newObjects.get('content'));

Which I don't love.

Currently all the methods that Ember Infinity use to populate the infinityModel are private - that's mostly by design, but we for sure need a more "supported" way for users to update their data.

This is partly related to #151 - we need a method of "creating" a new array from a supplied bit of data, and the current set. Would love to know your thoughts here!