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+---
+title: Upgrading from ActiveModelSerializers
+---
+
+<!-- @format -->
+
+This guide is aimed at helping ActiveModelSerializers users transition to Alba, and it consists of three parts:
+
+1. Basic serialization
+2. Complex serialization
+3. Unsupported features
+
+## Example class
+
+Example clsss is inherited `ActiveRecord::Base`, because [serializing PORO with AMS is pretty hard](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/0-10-stable/docs/howto/serialize_poro.md).
+
+```rb
+class User < ActiveRecord::Base
+  # columns: id, created_at, updated_at
+  has_one :profile
+  has_many :articles
+end
+
+class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
+  # columns: id, user_id, email, created_at, updated_at
+  belongs_to :user
+end
+
+class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
+  # columns: id, user_id, title, body, created_at, updated_at
+  belongs_to :user
+end
+```
+
+## 1. Basic serialization
+
+### #serializable_hash
+
+- or #as_json, #to_json
+
+#### ActiveModelSerializer
+
+```rb
+# Infer and use by "#{MODEL_NAME}Serializer" in app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
+class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(
+  user
+).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   user: {
+#     id: id,
+#     created_at: created_at,
+#     updated_at: updated_at
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+#### Alba
+
+```rb
+# Infer and use by "#{MODEL_NAME}Resource"
+# In app/resources/user_resource.rb
+class UserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+UserResource.new(user).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   id: id,
+#   created_at: created_at,
+#   updated_at: updated_at,
+# }
+
+# If want `user key`
+class UserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :user # Call root_key method like ActiveModel::Serializer#type
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+JSON.parse UserResource.new(user).serialize # ！！！！serializable_hash does not support root key！！！ Must use JSON.parse and serialize
+# => {
+#   "user"=>{
+#     "id"=>id,
+#     "created_at"=>created_at,
+#     "updated_at"=>updated_at
+#   }
+# }
+# If want symbolize keys with #deep_symbolize_keys in Rails
+user = User.create!
+JSON.parse(UserResource.new(user).serialize).deep_symbolize_keys
+# => {
+#   user: {
+#     id: id,
+#     created_at: created_at,
+#     updated_at: updated_at
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+## 2. Complex serialization
+
+### Serialize collections
+
+#### ActiveModelSerializer
+
+```rb
+class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+end
+3.times { User.create! }
+users = User.limit 3
+ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(
+  users,
+  adapter: :attributes # Comment out this line if you want users key
+  # Want to specified key to call with root: args
+).serializable_hash
+# => [{:id=>1, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at},
+#    {:id=>2, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at},
+#    {:id=>3, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at}]
+```
+
+#### Alba
+
+```rb
+class UserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+end
+3.times { User.create! }
+users = User.limit 3
+UserResource.new(users).serializable_hash
+# =>[{:id=>1, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at},
+#    {:id=>2, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at},
+#    {:id=>3, :created_at=>created_at, :updated_at=>updated_at}]
+# or
+JSON.parse UserResource.new(users).serialize(root_key: :users)
+# => {"users"=>
+#   [{"id"=>1, "created_at"=>created_at, "updated_at"=>updated_at},
+#    {"id"=>2, "created_at"=>created_at, "updated_at"=>updated_at},
+#    {"id"=>3, "created_at"=>created_at, "updated_at"=>updated_at}]}
+```
+
+### Nested serialization
+
+#### ActiveModelSerializer
+
+```rb
+class ProfileSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :profile
+  attributes :email
+end
+
+class ArticleSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :article
+  attributes :title, :body
+end
+
+class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+  has_one :profile, serializer: ProfileSerializer # For has_one relation
+  has_many :articles, serializer: ArticleSerializer # For has_many relation
+end
+user = User.create!
+user.craete_profile! email: email
+user.articles.create! title: title, body: body
+ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(
+  user
+).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   :user=> {
+#     :id=>1,
+#     :created_at=>created_at,
+#     :updated_at=>updated_at,
+#     :profile=> {
+#       :email=>email
+#     },
+#     :articles => [
+#       {
+#         :title=>title,
+#         :body=>body
+#       }
+#     ]
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+#### Alba
+
+```rb
+class ProfileResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :profile
+  attributes :email
+end
+
+class ArticleResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :article
+  attributes :title, :body
+end
+
+class UserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+  one :profile, resource: ProfileResource # For has_one relation
+  many :articles, resource: ArticleResource # For has_many relation
+end
+
+user = User.create!
+user.craete_profile! email: email
+user.articles.create! title: title, body: body
+UserResource.new(user).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   :id=>1,
+#   :created_at=>created_at,
+#   :updated_at=>updated_at,
+#   :profile=> {
+#     :email=>email
+#   },
+#   :articles => [
+#     {
+#       :title=>title,
+#       :body=>body
+#     }
+#   ]
+# }
+```
+
+### Serialize with custom serializer
+
+#### ActiveModelSerializer
+
+```rb
+class CustomUserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
+  type :user
+  attribute :email do
+    object.profile.email
+  end
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+user.craete_profile! email: email
+ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(
+  user,
+  serializer: ::CustomUserSerializer # Call with serializer arg
+).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   user: {
+#     email: email
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+#### Alba
+
+```rb
+class CustomUserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :user
+  attribute :email do
+    object.profile.email
+  end
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+user.craete_profile! email: email
+CustomUserResource.new(user).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   email: email
+# }
+```
+
+### Passing arbitrary options to a serializer
+
+#### ActiveModelSerializer
+
+```rb
+class UserSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  type :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+  attribute :custom_params do
+    pp instance_options
+    # => given_params: { a: :b }
+    instance_options # Access by instance_options method
+  end
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource.new(
+  user,
+  given_params: { a: :b } # Give with your favorite keyword argument
+).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   :id=>1,
+#   :created_at=>created_at,
+#   :updated_at=>updated_at,
+#   :custom_params=>{
+#     :given_params=>{
+#       :a=>:b
+#     }
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+#### Alba
+
+```rb
+class UserResource
+  include Alba::Resource
+  root_key :user
+  attributes :id, :created_at, :updated_at
+  attribute :custom_params do
+    pp params
+    # => { :a=>:b }
+    params
+  end
+end
+
+# serialze
+user = User.create!
+UserResource.new(
+  user,
+  params: { a: :b } # Give with :params keyword argument
+).serializable_hash
+# => {
+#   :id=>1,
+#   :created_at=>created_at,
+#   :updated_at=>updated_at,
+#   :custom_params=>{
+#     :a=>:b
+#   }
+# }
+```
+
+## 3. Unsupported features
+
+- [RelationshipLinks](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/v0.10.6/docs/howto/add_relationship_links.md)
+- [PaginationLinks](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/v0.10.6/docs/howto/add_pagination_links.md)
+- [Logging](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/v0.10.6/docs/general/logging.md)
+- [Caching](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/v0.10.6/docs/general/caching.md)
+- [Rendering](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/blob/v0.10.6/docs/general/rendering.md)