This was covered in RailsCast #409 Active Model Serializers.
In order to remove the root node, you add root: false
in the call to render
in your controller. Assuming your contact
s in JSON come from a contacts#index
method, your code may look something like:
def index
@contacts = Contacts.all
respond_to do |format|
format.html
format.json { render json: @contacts, root: false }
end
end
Or, if you don't want any root nodes in any of your JSON, in your ApplicationController
, add the following method:
def default_serializer_options
{root: false}
end