Application Controller

ApplicationController.js

window.reqKitControllers.application = {
  // Fetch an array of 'Emotion' objects from the server.
  // Returns a promise.
  fetchEmotions: function() {
    return $.ajax(window.reqKitConstants.ApiEmotionIndex, {
      method: 'GET',
      contentType: "application/json",
      headers: {
        'Authorization': window.reqKitConstants.ApiKey
      }
    });
  },
  
  // Update a specified DOM node with input Options
  populateEmotionsSelect: function(destination, defaultText, showBlankOption) {
    var options = showBlankOption ? "<option val=''>"+defaultText+"</option>" : "";

    this.fetchEmotions()
    .then(function(emotions) {
      options += emotions._items.map(function(emo) {
        return "<option val='"+ emo.name +"'>"+ emo.name +"</option>";
      });

      $(destination).html(options);
    });
  },
};