Backbone.js Model different url for create and update?

Question

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 : \'Joh         


        

Answer 1

I got inspired by this solution, where you just create your own ajax call for the methods that are not for fetching the model. Here is a trimmed down version of it:

var Backbone = require("backbone");
var $ = require("jquery");
var _ = require("underscore");

function _request(url, method, data, callback) {
  $.ajax({
    url: url,
    contentType: "application/json",
    dataType: "json",
    type: method,
    data:  JSON.stringify( data ),
    success: function (response) {
      if ( !response.error ) {
        if ( callback && _.isFunction(callback.success) ) {
          callback.success(response);
        }
      } else {
        if ( callback && _.isFunction(callback.error) ) {
          callback.error(response);
        }
      }
    },
    error: function(mod, response){
      if ( callback && _.isFunction(callback.error) ) {
        callback.error(response);
      }
    }
  });
}

var User = Backbone.Model.extend({

  initialize: function() {
    _.bindAll(this, "login", "logout", "signup");
  },

  login: function (data, callback) {
    _request("api/auth/login", "POST", data, callback);
  },

  logout: function (callback) {
    if (this.isLoggedIn()) {
      _request("api/auth/logout", "GET", null, callback);
    }
  },

  signup: function (data, callback) {
    _request(url, "POST", data, callback);
  },

  url: "api/auth/user"

});

module.exports = User;

And then you can use it like this:

var user = new User();

// user signup
user.signup(data, {
  success: function (response) {
    // signup success
  }
});

// user login
user.login(data, {
  success: function (response) {
    // login success
  }
});

// user logout
user.login({
  success: function (response) {
    // logout success
  }
});

// fetch user details
user.fetch({
  success: function () {
    // logged in, go to home
    window.location.hash = "";
  },
  error: function () {
    // logged out, go to signin
    window.location.hash = "signin";
  }
});