Backbone.js Model different url for create and update?
Solution 1
Methods .fetch()
, .save()
and .destroy()
on Backbone.Model
are checking if the model has .sync()
defined and if yes it will get called otherwise Backbone.sync()
will get called (see the last lines of the linked source code).
So one of the solutions is to implement .sync()
method.
Example:
var User = Backbone.Model.extend({
// ...
methodToURL: {
'read': '/user/get',
'create': '/user/create',
'update': '/user/update',
'delete': '/user/remove'
},
sync: function(method, model, options) {
options = options || {};
options.url = model.methodToURL[method.toLowerCase()];
return Backbone.sync.apply(this, arguments);
}
}
Solution 2
To abstract dzejkej's solution one level further, you might wrap the Backbone.sync
function to query the model for method-specific URLs.
function setDefaultUrlOptionByMethod(syncFunc)
return function sync (method, model, options) {
options = options || {};
if (!options.url)
options.url = _.result(model, method + 'Url'); // Let Backbone.sync handle model.url fallback value
return syncFunc.call(this, method, model, options);
}
}
Then you could define the model with:
var User = Backbone.Model.extend({
sync: setDefaultUrlOptionByMethod(Backbone.sync),
readUrl: '/user/get',
createUrl: '/user/create',
updateUrl: '/user/update',
deleteUrl: '/user/delete'
});
Solution 3
Are you dealing with a REST implementation that isn't to spec or needs some kind of workaround?
Instead, consider using the emulateHTTP
option found here:
http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/#Sync
Otherwise, you'll probably just need to override the default Backbone.sync
method and you'll be good to go if you want to get real crazy with that... but I don't suggest that. It'd be best to just use a true RESTful interface.
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lets say I have a Backbone Model and I create an instance of a model like this:
var User = Backbone.Model.extend({ ... }); var John = new User({ name : 'John', age : 33 });
I wonder if it is possible when I use
John.save()
to target/user/create
when I useJohn.save()
on second time (update/PUT) to target/user/update
when I useJohn.fetch()
to target/user/get
and when I useJohn.remove()
to target/user/remove
I know that I could define
John.url
each time before I trigger any method but I'm wondering if it could be happen automatically some how without overriding any Backbone method.I know that I could use one url like
/user/handle
and handle the request based on request method (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) but I'm just wondering if there is a way to have different url per action in Backbone.Thanks!