sails js many to many associations not working - sails.js

Question

User.js
module.exports = {
tableName: 'user',
attributes: {
firstName: {
type: 'string',
},
lastName: {
type: 'string',
},
id: {
type: 'integer',
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true
},
pets: { //integer
collection:'pet',
via:'owners'
}
}
};
================================
Pet.js
------
module.exports = {
tableName: 'pet',
attributes: {
id: {
type: 'integer',
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true
},
breed: {
type: 'string',
},
type: {
type: 'string',
},
name: {
type: 'string',
},
owners: { //integer
collection:'user',
via:'pets'
}
}
};
But when i hit the blueprint api http://localhost:1337/user or http://localhost:1337/pet i dont get associated records
Here is the output in ARC or postman for user and pet
[
{
"pets": [],
"firstName": "a",
"lastName": "aa",
"id": 1
},
{
"pets": [],
"firstName": "b",
"lastName": "bb",
"id": 2
},
{
"pets": [],
"firstName": "c",
"lastName": "cc",
"id": 3
},
{
"pets": [],
"firstName": "d",
"lastName": "dd",
"id": 4
},
{
"pets": [],
"firstName": "e",
"lastName": "ee",
"id": 5
}
],
[
{
"owners": [],
"id": 1,
"breed": "dalmatian",
"type": "male",
"name": "tom"
},
{
"owners": [],
"id": 2,
"breed": "labrador",
"type": "female",
"name": "kg"
},
{
"owners": [],
"id": 3,
"breed": "doberman",
"type": "male",
"name": "tq"
},
{
"owners": [],
"id": 4,
"breed": "puppy",
"type": "male",
"name": "yu"
}
]
One to many association works fine but don't know what am i missing in many to many ?
i tried removing the id column from both the models but that didn't help

Answer 1

Try to add a pet to an owner with the add Blueprint API:
POST /:model/:id/:association/:fk
example :
http://localhost:1337/user/1/pets/2
This will add the pet with id 2 to the owner with id 1.