App.Router.map ->
  @resource 'site', ->
    @route 'show', path: '/:site_id'

#routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
root to: 'home#index'

scope constraints: { format: :html } do
   get '/site' => 'home#index'
   get '/site/:site_id' => 'home#index'
   resources 'sites'
  end
end

class SitesController < ApplicationController
  def show
    render json: File.open('data/sites.json').read
  end
end

App.Site = DS.Model.extend()

{
    "site": [

        {

        "id": "1",
        "name": "Place One",
        "type": "Type One"

        }, {

        "id": "2",
        "name": "Place One",
        "type": "Type Two"

        }
    ]
}