Integrating JSON feed with Backbone JS

Question

I\'m currently working on a project where I type a keyword inside an input box and when I click send it hits a PHP server with a link like (localhost/json-status.php?query=

Answer 1

As for your general design, you should use a Backbone.Model and Collection to fetch your statuses:

Status = Backbone.Model.extend();

StatusList = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  model: Status,
  value: null
  url: function(){ return "json-status.php" + "?query=" + this.value;
});

Your view should be listening to the StatusList and not the StatusList creating a binding to the view:

AppView = Backbone.View.extend({
  el: $("body"),
  initialize: function () {
    _.bindAll(this, "render");// to solve the this issue
    this.status = new StatusList( null, { view: this });
    this.status.bind("refresh", this.render);
  },
  events: {
    "click #updateStatus":  "getStatus",
  },
  getStatus: function () {
    this.status.value =  $("#statusBar").val();
    this.status.fetch()
  },
  render: function () {
    var statusEl = $("#status")
    this.status.each( function(model){
      statusEl.prepend("<div>" + model.get('status') + "</div>");
    }
  }
});

There is a couple of things here:

• an attribute on the model is defined by set/get not by a js attributes like you did with status
• try to decouple stuff views know about models but models do not know about views

Answer 2

FYI (from the documentation)

We've taken the opportunity to clarify some naming with the 0.5.0 release. Controller is now Router, and refresh is now reset.

So if you are using the latest version dont forget to change refresh to reset in this line:

this.status.bind("refresh", this.render);