Backbone.js and Rails - How to handle params from Backbone models?

Question

In a standard Rails controller, I\'d create a record like this:

@user = User.new(params[:user])

This assumes that the form parameters that come

Answer 1

It should be noted that if you opt for the currently accepted answer (patching toJSON at the model level) you are affecting reading as well. Maybe that goes without saying, maybe not. But you will have a lot of work to do when rendering models/collections if you put this patch into affect in a backbone app. Therefore, I personally wouldn't use it as-is.