app/serializers/user_serializer.rb
class UserSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
attributes :id, :first_name, :last_name, :cohort, :image_url
def image_url
url = object.image.url
root_url = instance_options[:root_url] || ""
if !url.include?("http") && url.include?("missing.png")
root_url + url
else
url
end
end
end