How can I include hasOne associated model data in the JSON POST?
Structured data is required by my web API in the form of:
{
id: 1234,
name: 'Aaron Smith',
address: {
address1: '1925 Isaac Newton Sq',
address2: 'Suite 300',
city: 'Reston',
state: 'VA',
zip: 20190
}
}
#nonino
I think I know how to do it but I am also having a similar problem. I can't actually get my associations to give me the associated data. Anyway from what I have scrounged on the internet make a custom writer like this or just in the default writers getRecordData: function(record,operation)
Here is my custom writer
Ext.define('Wakanda.writer', {
extend: 'Ext.data.writer.Json',
// alternateClassName: 'SimplyFundraising.data.WakandaWriter',
alias: 'writer.wakanda',
writeAllFields: false,
getRecordData: function(record,operation) {
debugger;
Ext.apply(record.data,record.getAssociatedData());
debugger;
var isPhantom = record.phantom === true,
writeAll = this.writeAllFields || isPhantom,
nameProperty = this.nameProperty,
fields = record.fields,
data = {},
changes,
name,
field,
key;
if (writeAll) {
// console.log("getRecordData1", this, arguments);
fields.each(function(field){
if (field.persist) {
debugger;
name = field[nameProperty] || field.name;
data[name] = record.get(field.name);
} else {
}
});
} else {
changes = record.getChanges();
debugger;
// console.log("getRecordData2", this, arguments, changes);
for (key in changes) {
if (changes.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
field = fields.get(key);
name = field[nameProperty] || field.name;
data[name] = changes[key];
}
}
if (!isPhantom) {
debugger;
data[record.idProperty] = record.getId();
if(operation.action !== 'destroy'){
data[record.stampProperty] = record.get(record.stampProperty);
}
}
}
return {'__ENTITIES': [data]};
}
});
The key I think is in the getRecordData where I have a statement Ext.apply(record.data,record.getAssociatedData()); If record.getAssociatedData does indeed return your data then the Ext.apply statement will merge your current record.data with your record.getAssociatedData into 1 json file. At least this is what I hope happens. Can't test until I get my associations setup correctly.
Hope this helps,
Dan
getRecordData: function(record,operation) {
debugger;
Ext.apply(record.data,record.getAssociatedData());
debugger;
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$scope.form={
Name:"",
fields:[
{
id:"",
Name:"",
type:"dfsd",
order:""
}
]
};
How to access the type value in the above object.I need to push the value into it..i could not able to do..so first i thought to retrieve once I could not do..So can i have a solution for both the operations.Push and retrieve the value .
use this code:::
$scope.savebutton = function() {
angular.forEach($scope.textboxes, function(text) {
if (text != undefined && text.length != 0) {
inputs = [];
angular.forEach($scope.textboxes, function(t) {
inputs.push(t);
});
}
});
var textfield = {
id: "1",
Name: "textbox"
}
$scope.form = {};
$scope.form.fields = [];
$scope.form.fields.push(textfield);
console.log(angular.toJson($scope.form));
ngDialog.closeAll();
};
I'm adding objects to an array property of a model, then saving it. When I look at the outgoing request, the property in question is always an empty array.
My custom serializer (extending Ember.RESTSerializer) has this:
DS.ArrayTransform = DS.Transform.extend(
{
deserialize: function(serialized)
{
return (Ember.typeOf(serialized) == "array") ? serialized : [];
},
serialize: function(deserialized)
{
var type = Ember.typeOf(deserialized);
if (type == 'array')
{
return [{foo:'bar'}];
// return deserialized;
}
else if (type == 'string')
{
return deserialized.split(',').map(function(item)
{
return item.trim();
});
}
else
{
return [];
}
}
});
App.register("transform:array", DS.ArrayTransform);
As you can see I've tried passing back an arbitrary array with an object in it, but even then the array always comes out as empty. In the app I create the record like this:
var post = this.store.createRecord('explorePost', {
title: content.get('title'),
text: content.get('text'),
postDate: content.get('postdate'),
publishDate: content.get('publishDate'),
published: content.get('published'),
postType: content.get('postType'),
link: content.get('link,'),
projectDownloads: [],
// projectDownloads: this.model.get('projectDownloads'),
projectLinks: content.get('projectLinks'),
});
then add the objects like this:
this.model.get('projectDownloads').forEach(function (_download) {
console.log('pushing download', _download);
post.get('projectDownloads').pushObject(_download);
});
I can confirm that at time of saving, the post object has a projectDownloads array with one object in it. No matter what I do I can't seem to get it to spit out the contents when it saves. It's definitely going into the custom serializer, and detects it as an array, but you can see something else seems to be overriding it.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? My model setup is below:
App.ExplorePost = DS.Model.extend(
{
title: DS.attr('string'),
text: DS.attr('string'),
link: DS.attr('string'),
postDate: DS.attr('momentdate'),
publishDate: DS.attr('momentdate'),
user: DS.belongsTo('user',{async:true}),
postType: DS.attr('string'),
activity: DS.belongsTo('activity',{ inverse: 'explorePost', async:true}),
comments: DS.hasMany('comment',{ inverse: 'explorePost', async: true }),
// projectDownloads: DS.hasMany('projectDownload',{ inverse: 'explorePost'}),
projectDownloads: DS.attr('array'),
// projectLinks: DS.hasMany('projectLink',{ inverse: 'explorePost'}),
projectLinks: DS.attr('string'),
published: DS.attr('boolean', {defaultValue: true}),
// tags: DS.hasMany('tag')
sortdate: function()
{
var datestr = Ember.isEmpty(this.get('postDate')) ? '' : moment(this.get('postDate')).format('YYYYMMDDHHmm');
var fn = (datestr + '____________').slice(0, 12);
return fn;
}.property('postDate')
});
There's no built in DS.attr('array') and a naive implementation would probably not know how to serialize ember-data objects found inside. Did you intend to leave that in there? If you swap it back to the relationships you've commented out and change projectDownloads to work with the promise:
this.model.get('projectDownloads').then(function(downloads) {
downloads.forEach(function(_download){
post.get('projectDownloads').pushObject(_download);
});
});
This should work jsut fine. I put together something nearly identical the other day. http://emberjs.jsbin.com/zolani/3/edit?html,css,js,output
if you array not contain complex object, like array of string, you can use DS.attr(), it will work.
I am currently working on an app using firebase and angularJS (ionic). Basically this is a car management app, so you have people sharing their cars with others. I tried to structure the data as flat as possible to be efficient. My issue here is that if without problem I can display the list of the car_id of the different cars shared with the logged user, I can't find a way to display the list of cars shared with the user displaying the year and the model.
Thank you in advance for your help !
{
"rules": {
"users": {
".write": true,
"$uid": {
".read": "auth != null && auth.uid == $uid"
},
"cars": {
"car_id":true,
"role":true // Owner, borower...
}
},
"cars": {
"car_id":true,
"model":true,
"year":true
}
}
}
carapp.controller("carsController", function($scope, $firebaseObject, $ionicPopup, $ionicHistory) {
$ionicHistory.clearHistory();
$scope.list = function() {
frbAuth = frb.getAuth();
if(frbAuth) {
var userObject = $firebaseObject(frb.child("users/" + frbAuth.uid));
userObject.$bindTo($scope, "user");
$scope.cars = frb.child("cars");
}}
$scope.createCar = function() {
$ionicPopup.prompt({
model: 'Create a new car',
inputType: 'text'
})
.then(function(result) {
if(result !== "") {
var newCar = $scope.cars.push({
model: result
})
var newCarId = newCar.key();
$scope.user.cars.push({car_id: newCarId, role: "owner" });
} else {
console.log("Action not completed");
}
});
}
});
<div class="list">
<a ng-repeat="car in user.cars" >
<h2>{{car.car_id}}</h2> ----> works fine !
<h2>{{car.model}}</h2> ----> How to get this working ?
<h2>{{car.year}}</h2> ----> How to get this working ?
</a>
</div>
In the users/ path, begin by storing the list of cars by index, instead of in an array. So your structure would be:
{
"users": {
"kato": {
"cars": {
"DeLorean": true
}
}
},
"cars": {
"DeLorean": {
model: "DeLorean",
year: "1975"
}
}
}
To join this using AngularFire, you have several approaches available. An AngularFire-only solution might look like this, taking advantage of $extend:
app.factory('CarsByUser', function($firebaseArray) {
return $firebaseArray.$extend({
$$added: function(snap) {
return new Car(snap);
},
$$updated: function(snap) {
// nothing to do here; the value of the index is not used
},
$$removed: function(snap) {
this.$getRecord(snap.key()).destroy();
},
// these could be implemented in a manner consistent with the
// use case and above code, for simplicity, they are disabled here
$add: readOnly,
$save: readOnly
});
var carsRef = new Firebase(...).child('cars');
function Car(snap) {
// create a reference to the data for a specific car
this.$id = snap.key();
this.ref = carsRef.child(this.$id);
// listen for changes to the data
this.ref.on('value', this.updated, this);
}
Car.prototype.updated = function(snap) {
this.model = data.model;
this.year = data.year;
}
Car.prototype.destroy = function() {
this.ref.off('value', this.meta, this);
};
function readOnly() { throw new Error('This is a read only list'); }
});
app.controller('...', function($scope, CarsByUser, authData) {
// authenticate first, preferably with resolve
var ref = new Firebase(...).child(authData.uid);
$scope.cars = CarsByUser($scope);
});
For a more sophisticated and elegant approach, one could utilize NormalizedCollection and pass that ref into the AngularFire array:
app.controller('...', function($scope, $firebaseArray) {
var ref = new Firebase(...);
var nc = new Firebase.util.NormalizedCollection(
ref.child('users/' + authData.uid),
ref.child('cars')
)
.select('cars.model', 'cars.year')
.ref();
$scope.cars = $firebaseArray(nc);
});
I'm having some problems with one async process on nodejs.
I'm getting some data from a remote JSON and adding it in my array, this JSON have some duplicated values, and I need check if it already exists on my array before add it to avoid data duplication.
My problem is when I start the loop between the JSON values, the loop call the next value before the latest one be process be finished, so, my array is filled with duplicated data instead of maintain only one item per type.
Look my current code:
BookRegistration.prototype.process_new_books_list = function(data, callback) {
var i = 0,
self = this;
_.each(data, function(book) {
i++;
console.log('\n\n ------------------------------------------------------------ \n\n');
console.log('BOOK: ' + book.volumeInfo.title);
self.process_author(book, function() { console.log('in author'); });
console.log('\n\n ------------------------------------------------------------');
if(i == data.length) callback();
})
}
BookRegistration.prototype.process_author = function(book, callback) {
if(book.volumeInfo.authors) {
var author = { name: book.volumeInfo.authors[0].toLowerCase() };
if(!this.in_array(this.authors, author)) {
this.authors.push(author);
callback();
}
}
}
BookRegistration.prototype.in_array = function(list, obj) {
for(i in list) { if(list[i] === obj) return true; }
return false;
}
The result is:
[{name: author1 }, {name: author2}, {name: author1}]
And I need:
[{name: author1 }, {name: author2}]
UPDATED:
The solution suggested by #Zub works fine with arrays, but not with sequelize and mysql database.
When I try to save my authors list on the database, the data is duplicated, because the system started to save another array element before finish to save the last one.
What is the correct pattern on this case?
My code using database is:
BookRegistration.prototype.process_author = function(book, callback) {
if(book.volumeInfo.authors) {
var author = { name: book.volumeInfo.authors[0].toLowerCase() };
var self = this;
models.Author.count({ where: { name: book.volumeInfo.authors[0].toLowerCase() }}).success(function(count) {
if(count < 1) {
models.Author.create(author).success(function(author) {
console.log('SALVANDO AUTHOR');
self.process_publisher({ book:book, author:author }, callback);
});
} else {
models.Author.find({where: { name: book.volumeInfo.authors[0].toLowerCase() }}).success(function(author) {
console.log('FIND AUTHOR');
self.process_publisher({ book:book, author:author }, callback);
});
}
});
// if(!this.in_array(this.authors, 'name', author)) {
// this.authors.push(author);
// console.log('AQUI NO AUTHOR');
// this.process_publisher(book, callback);
// }
}
}
How can I avoid data duplication in an async process?
This is because you are comparing different objects and result is always false.
Just for experiment type in the console:
var obj1 = {a:1};
var obj2 = {a:1};
obj1 == obj2; //false
When comparing objects (as well as arrays) it only results true when obj1 links to obj2:
var obj1 = {a:1};
var obj2 = obj1;
obj1 == obj2; //true
Since you create new author objects in each process_author call you always get false when comparing.
In your case the solution would be to compare name property for each book:
BookRegistration.prototype.in_array = function(list, obj) {
for(i in list) { if(list[i].name === obj.name) return true; }
return false;
}
EDIT (related to your comment question):
I would rewrite process_new_books_list method as follows:
BookRegistration.prototype.process_new_books_list = function(data, callback) {
var i = 0,
self = this;
(function nextBook() {
var book = data[i];
if (!book) {
callback();
return;
}
self.process_author(book, function() {
i++;
nextBook();
});
})();
}
In this case next process_author is being called not immediately (like with _.each), but after callback is executed, so you have consequence in your program.
Not sure is this works though.
Sorry for my English, I'm not a native English speaker
I'm using Backbone to manage the state of an HTML form. The Model's role is to handle validation. The View's role is to wrap the HTML form and respond to the change or error events emitted by the model.
Backbone seems to only emit change events when the given field is actually valid. This is causing some really unexpected behavior that makes me thing that I'm doing this wrong.
Here is a summary of what I'm doing:
1. Initial load serializes the form and injects it into the model
2. When an error event is emitted, I generate error nodes next to the invalid field.
3. When a change event is emitted, I remove the error notes next to the (now valid) field.
When a page is rendered with an initially valid form, and a user invalidates a field, the message is displayed as expected; however, the model never updates the field internally. Thus when the user corrects the error, a change event is never emitted.
Example: Initially valid
When a page is rendered with an initially invalid form, things appear to be working fine... but this is only because the model's initial attributes are empty. Correcting the field makes the messages disappear, but if you change it again to an invalid state, the message never disappears.
Example: Initially invalid
What am I doing wrong? Perhaps there's another approach I should be using instead?
My Model
var Foo = Backbone.Model.extend({
validate: function(attr) {
var errors = {};
if (_.isEmpty(attr)) return;
if (attr.foo && attr.foo != 123) {
errors.foo = ['foo is not equal to 123'];
}
if (attr.bar && attr.bar != 456) {
errors.bar = ['bar is not equal to 456'];
}
return _.isEmpty(errors) ? undefined : errors;
}
});
My View
FooForm = Backbone.View.extend({
events: {
'change :input': 'onFieldChange'
},
initialize: function(options) {
this.model.on('error', this.renderErrors, this);
this.model.on('change', this.updateFields, this);
// Debugging only
this.model.on('all', function() {
console.info('[Foo all]', arguments, this.toJSON())
});
this.model.set(this.serialize());
},
onFieldChange: function(event) {
var field = event.target,
name = field.name,
value = field.value;
this.model.set(name, value);
},
renderErrors: function(model, errors) {
_.each(errors, function(messages, fieldName) {
var el = $('#' + fieldName),
alert = $('<div/>').addClass('error');
el.parent().find('.error').remove();
_.each(messages, function(message) {
alert.clone().text(message).insertAfter(el);
});
});
},
updateFields: function(model, options) {
if (!options || !options.changes) return;
_.each(_.keys(options.changes), function(fieldName) {
var el = $('#' + fieldName);
el.parent().find('.error').remove();
});
},
serialize: function() {
var raw = this.$el.find(':input').serializeArray(),
data = {},
view = this;
$.each(raw, function() {
// Get the model's field name from the form field's name
var name = this.name;
if (data[name] !== undefined) {
if (!data[name].push) {
data[name] = [data[name]];
}
data[name].push(this.value || '');
}
else {
data[name] = this.value || '';
}
});
return data;
}
});
You can't validate individual field using native Backbone validation.
In my app I use this validation plugin: https://github.com/thedersen/backbone.validation
Then in your model you add validation rules per each field (it's optional, so you don't need to add this to all models):
var NewReview = Backbone.Model.extend({
initialize: function() {
/* ... */
},
validation: {
summary: {
required: true,
minLength: 10
},
pros: {
required: true,
minLength: 10
},
cons: {
required: true,
minLength: 10
},
overall: function(value) {
var text = $(value).text().replace(/\s{2,}/g, ' ');
if (text.length == 0) text = value;
if (text.length < 20) return "Overall review is too short";
},
rating: {
range: [0.5, 5]
},
product_id: {
required: true
}
}
});
Than in views or elsewhere you can validate either entire model or individual fields:
if (this.model.validate()) { ... }
or
if (this.model.isValid("summary")) { ... }