Don't pass the parent ID in a nested resource create

[billc]

Is there any way to influence Her to not pass the parent ID, when performing a create of the nested resource.

Given the code:

  it 'creates a member successfully' do
    @group = Group.find('tstream:Canary-UI_Discuss')
    member = @group.members.create({"id"=>"tt3683", "kind"=>"person"})
  end

Her generates

- request:
    method: put
    uri: http://IDP:[email protected]:8082/activitystream/v4/groups/tstream:Canary-UI_Discuss/members/tt3683
    body:
      encoding: UTF-8
      string: '{"member":{"id":"tt3683","kind":"person","group_id":"tstream:Canary-UI_Discuss"}}'
    headers:
      User-Agent:
      - Faraday v0.8.8
      Content-Type:
      - application/json
      Accept:
      - '*/*'

I would like to eliminate the group_id from the body as the server rejects it as an invalid field.

I've tried setting the value to nil in a before_create, but this did not influence the result.

[SirRawlins]

@billc hey Bill - Appreciate this is a really old issue, but did you ever find a solution? I'm banging into the same problem today. In my case the ID is passed in the URL and doesn't need including in the body, doing so throws an error much like your own.

[billc]

@SirRawlins I did not find an elegant solution and have since moved on to a different project. My hack is below. Its at least functional. Hope it helps.

it 'creates a member successfully' do
     @group = 'tstream:Canary-UI_Discuss'
      member = Member.add(@group, {"id"=>"tt3683", "kind"=>"person"})
end

class Member
  include Her::Model
  collection_path "groups/:group_id/members"
  primary_key :clientId
  include_root_in_json true

  #belongs_to :group

  attributes  :id, :clientId, :kind, :name, :url

  def self.add(group_id, attributes)
    # must include root in json manually
    payload = Hash.new
    payload["member"] = attributes

    post_raw "groups/#{group_id}/members", payload
  end

  def self.destroy_existing(group_id, id)
    delete_raw "groups/#{group_id}/members/#{id}"
  end
end