Passing JSON from Rails 2 to Backbone.js

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When Backbone.js gets JSON from the server, it expects it to not have the model-name wrapper that Rails/ActiveRecord applies via the to_json call. You can disable this globally in Rails, but that would break legacy integration points I have to support. Is there an elegant solution on either side?

maxl0rd · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-19 22:05:50Z

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Oh, much like my answer to your other question, in this case you can override parse() on your model. This is also generalizable in a model base class if you prefer.

parse: function(response)  {
  return response.model_name;
},

Edited to add code.

edited Nov 19, 2011 at 22:05

answered Nov 18, 2011 at 18:57

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maxl0rd Over a year ago

Parse is a one liner that takes the json object you get from the server and returns it. By default it's a no op. Just write one that returns the root object that you care about.

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