STI with non-default inheritance_column set on the class breaks has_many assoc

Looks like the issue is here:
https://github.com/cerebris/jsonapi-resources/blob/v0.7.0/lib/jsonapi/resource_serializer.rb#L307

With a cursory glance, it looks like the STI attribute is hard-coded to 'type', though the with the problem I am seeing personally, it could be that or a polymorphic association (unlikely, but maybe both). Either way, the issue can be reproduced with the setup below.

Also, may not be the best idea to assume the model has an :id field, instead you should be reading type from the parent's inheritance_column attribute and its primary_key from it's primary_key attribute.

If I get a chance today, I will look into fixing this, but thought I would report it in case I am unable to get to it before I forget about it lol

Create a new rails app:

$ rvm use 2.1.2
$ rails --version 
=> Rails 4.1.14
$ rails new testtest
$ cd testtest/
$ rails g model ParentModel i_got_an_sti_once:string poly_rel_uid:string poly_rel_type:string
$ rails g model HasManyChildModel uid:string
$ rake db:migrate

Add jsonapi-resources

# Gemfile
...
gem 'jsonapi-resources'
...

Add your routes

#./config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  jsonapi_resources :has_many_child_models, param: :uid
end

Add your controller

# ./app/controllers/has_many_child_controller.rb
class HasManyChildModelsController < ApplicationController
  include JSONAPI::ActsAsResourceController
end

Add your parent model

# ./app/models/parent_model.rb
class ParentModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  self.inheritance_column = 'i_got_an_sti_once' # That's not true :'(
end

Add your child model

# ./app/models/child_model.rb
class ChildModel < ParentModel
  belongs_to :poly_rel, polymorphic: true 
end

Add your model that has_many child models

# ./app/models/has_many_child_model.rb
class HasManyChildModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  # attributes: :uid
  has_many :child_models, as: :poly_rel, primary_key: :uid, foreign_key: :poly_rel_uid
end

Add your has_many_child_models resource

# ./app/resources/has_many_child_model_resource.rb
class HasManyChildModelResource < JSONAPI::Resource
  has_many :child_models, polymorphic: true, foreign_key_on: :related
end

Add your child_model resource

# ./app/resources/child_model_resource.rb
class ChildModelResource < JSONAPI::Resource
end

Now, start you server:

$ rails s -p 3001

And navigate to:

http://localhost:3001/has_many_child_models?include=child_models

To see the error:

{  
   "errors":[  
      {  
         "title":"Internal Server Error",
         "detail":"Internal Server Error",
         "id":null,
         "href":null,
         "code":500,
         "source":null,
         "links":null,
         "status":"500",
         "meta":{  
            "exception":"SQLite3::SQLException: no such column: type: SELECT type, \"parent_models\".\"id\" FROM \"parent_models\"  WHERE \"parent_models\".\"i_got_an_sti_once\" IN ('ChildModel') AND \"parent_models\".\"poly_rel_uid\" = ? AND \"parent_models\".\"poly_rel_type\" = ?",
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Start in lib/jsonapi/resource_serializer.rb at line 307 and reproduce the failure with the has_many_child_models endpoint and include=child_models setup described in the issue. Check how the serializer obtains STI and primary-key values for the association, then verify that the request completes without querying the nonexistent type column and respects the configured inheritance_column and primary_key.