How to seed database once with multiple views for consistent data - ember-cli-mirage

Question

I might be thinking about mock APIs incorrectly, but I figured it was worth asking.
I am trying to create an object with a basic view and a detailed view, for example "basic-author" and "detailed-author". But, I would like each object to return consistent data. For example, properties like "author_name" should be the same for basic-author and detailed-author.
I am currently trying to accomplish this by generating a list of authors and extending it:
// mirage/scenarios/default.js
server.createList('author', 20);
// mirage/config.js
this.get('/basic-author', (schema) => {
return schema.basicAuthors.all();
});
// mirage/factories/author.js
import { Factory, faker } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
export default Factory.extend({
// bunch of properties, like author_name
});
// mirage/factories/basic-author.js, mirage/factories/detailed-author.js
import Author from './author';
export default Author.extend({
});
But, obviously, this won't work because getting all basicAuthors returns nothing because there are no "basic-author" in the database. If I try to change the routes to return all authors, my ember models won't work because it is returning a list of 20 authors, which is the incorrect model type.
I have also tried setting the faker seed, but that makes every item the same.

Answer 1

The best way to accomplish this is to use Factory traits. Give the docs a read, then you should be able to set up something like this:
// mirage/factories/author.js
import { Factory, trait, faker } from 'ember-cli-mirage';
export default Factory.extend({
authorName() {
return faker.name.firstName();
},
age: 10,
withDetails: trait({
email() {
return `${this.authorName}#gmail.com`;
},
ssn: 123456789
})
});
Then in tests/dev you can create a basic authors like this
server.create('author');
server.createList('author', 20);
and detailed authors like this:
server.create('author', 'withDetails');
server.createList('author', 20, 'withDetails');