Finding Records

Use store.findRecord() to retrieve a record by its type and ID. This will return a promise that fulfills with the requested record:

var post = this.store.findRecord('post', 1); // => GET /posts/1

Use store.peekRecord() to retrieve a record by its type and ID, without making a network request. This will return the record only if it is already present in the store:

var post = this.store.peekRecord('post', 1); // => no network request

Use store.findAll() to retrieve all of the records for a given type:

var posts = this.store.findAll('post'); // => GET /posts

Use store.peekAll() to retrieve all of the records for a given type that are already loaded into the store, without making a network request:

var posts = this.store.peekAll('post'); // => no network request

store.findAll() returns a DS.PromiseArray that fulfills to a DS.RecordArray and store.peekAll directly returns a DS.RecordArray.

It's important to note that DS.RecordArray is not a JavaScript array. It is an object that implements Ember.Enumerable. This is important because, for example, if you want to retrieve records by index, the [] notation will not work--you'll have to use objectAt(index) instead.

Ember Data provides the ability to query for records that meet certain criteria. Calling store.query() will make a GET request with the passed object serialized as query params. This method returns DS.PromiseArray in the same way as find.

For example, we could search for all person models who have the name of Peter:

// GET to /persons?filter[name]=Peter
this.store.query('person', { filter: { name: 'Peter' } }).then(function(peters) {
  // Do something with `peters`
});

If you know your query will return only one result Ember Data provides a convenience method that will return a promise that resolves with a single record. Calling store.queryRecord() will make a GET request with the passed object serialized as query params.

For example, if we know that an email uniquely identifies a person, we could search for a person model that has an email address of tomster@example.com:

// GET to /persons?filter[email]=tomster@example.com
this.store.queryRecord('person', { filter: { email: 'tomster@example.com' } }).then(function(tomster) {
  // do something with `tomster`
});