Sequelize create object with associations

Question

I'm trying to save sequelize models with their associations. All the associations are one to one. Retrieving models with associations from the database works just fine but inserting them is another matter and the documentation is just making me more confused.

Here's my insert method:

models
    .radcheck
    .create(user, {
        include: [{model: models.skraningar}, {model: models.radusergroup}, {model: models.radippool}]
        })
    .then(success, error);

I've seen so many ways to do this both in the documentation and here on stackoverflow and none of them make sense to me so far. Anyone care to clear things up for me?

Are you trying to create a radcheck object, while at the same time, creating skraningar, radusergroup and radippool? — Yuri Zarubin, Jan 23 '15 at 22:09
No, I don't think so, it would involve multiple insert statements which would not be done with a single .create() call. — Yuri Zarubin, Jan 23 '15 at 23:46

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '15 at 23:44

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I always save a model with association by it's foreign key

e.g

models.user.create({ name : 'test', usergroup_id : 1 });

answered Jan 26 '15 at 23:44

Sergio Marcelino

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But doesn’t that kind of go one level of abstraction deeper than one might want to? – binki Dec 03 '15 at 00:44
this solution also works if the 1 model is usergroup and N model is user, got it? – Sergio Marcelino Jan 28 '16 at 12:53

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