How to "fetch" nested models and collections using backbone.js

Question

I have a model which has 2 nested collections. What's the best way of automatically fetching those collections when I "fetch" the parent model?

Julien · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-20 13:54:48Z

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In Rails you can include the dependant objects in your JSON. I do not know the backend you are using, but this would save you a couple round trips:

{
  att1: val,
  col1: [{obj1: val}, {...}],
  col2: [{...}]
}

Otherwise, override the initialize of Model to create and fetch the 2 new dependent collections.

answered May 20, 2011 at 13:54

Julien

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No, I don't want to bootstrap data rendered inside the page. I'm looking for a purely client side solution to the problem.

No bootstrap needed. When you fetch the data you can have your backend return whatever including the dependent objects