I was able to partially solve this with this case
Unfortunately, the Preload() function doesn't seem to work with delving further down in the related object set.
To clarify, I have the following models:
type Room struct {
gorm.Model
Name string
Games []Game `gorm:"ForeignKey:RoomID"`
}
type Game struct {
gorm.Model
RoomID int `gorm:"index"`
Players []Player `gorm:"ForeignKey:GameID"`
}
type Player struct {
gorm.Model
Name string
GameID int `gorm:"index"`
}
When I create a new object with a new Room, Game, and Player object created I get the following data returned (json encoded):
{"Value":{"ID":26,"CreatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.426234189-07:00","UpdatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.426234189-07:00","DeletedAt":null,"Name":"foo","Games":[{"ID":17,"CreatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427026134-07:00","UpdatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427026134-07:00","DeletedAt":null,"RoomID":26,"Turns":null,"Players":[{"ID":4,"CreatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427560561-07:00","UpdatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427560561-07:00","DeletedAt":null,"Name":"TestPlayer","GameID":17}],"Counter":1,"Assigned":false}],"Testing":false},"Error":null,"RowsAffected":1}
But if I try to query the structure with a preload() function, I get the following:
{"Value":{"ID":26,"CreatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.426234189-07:00","UpdatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.426234189-07:00","DeletedAt":null,"Name":"foo","Games":[{"ID":17,"CreatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427026134-07:00","UpdatedAt":"2016-05-15T01:21:22.427026134-07:00","DeletedAt":null,"RoomID":26,"Turns":null,"Players":null,"Counter":1,"Assigned":false}],"Testing":false},"Error":null,"RowsAffected":1}
Note that the Players section is now null. Here's my room registration and room query functions:
func RegisterRoom(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
err := r.ParseForm()
if err != nil {
// Handle error
}
// r.PostForm is a map of our POST form values
room := Room{
Name: r.PostFormValue("label"),
Games: []Game{{
Counter: 1,
Players: []Player{{Name: r.PostFormValue("username")}},
}},
}
t := db.Create(&room)
if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(t); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
func RoomShow(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
var rm Room
vars := mux.Vars(r)
roomId := vars["roomId"]
id, _ := strconv.Atoi(roomId)
room := db.Preload("Games").First(&rm, id)
result := db.Find(&room)
json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(result)
}