Eric Kinzel dudelorf
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/ Backbone and JSONP
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November 4, 2021 16:27
Fetching a Backbone collection with JSONP is really simple. It turns out you only need to override the sync method (to set the dataType to jsonp). In this case I also had to override the parse method, because the response consists of more than the models. This example uses the Discogs API to search for artists.
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| var Artist = Backbone.Model.extend(); | |
| var Artists = Backbone.Collection.extend({ | |
| model : Artist, | |
| url : "http://api.discogs.com/database/search?type=artist", | |
| sync : function(method, collection, options) { | |
| // By setting the dataType to "jsonp", jQuery creates a function | |
| // and adds it as a callback parameter to the request, e.g.: | |
| // [url]&callback=jQuery19104472605645155031_1373700330157&q=bananarama | |
| // If you want another name for the callback, also specify the |