How to set up Firebase location as a Backbone Model ID? - backbone.js

Question

I use BackFire - Firebase integration with Backbone.js
Examining BackFire demo application I see that Firebase location is set as "root" key and as a value for ID key.
JSON response from Firebase
{
"-It-MYaWEFBI1QGD8PXB":
{
"title":dummy title",
"id": "-It-MYaWEFBI1QGD8PXB"
}
}
In Model I see that Firebase location is set as Model ID.
Backbone Model attributes
attributes: {
id: '-IswDV_2rwZu3WHO0giQ'
title: 'dummy title'
},
id : '-IswDV_2rwZu3WHO0giQ'
I wonder how does data structure look like in Firebase Forge (backend) which creates response described above?

Answer 1

By going to the TODO page and typing in this command:
new Firebase('https://backbone.firebaseio.com').once('value', function(ss) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(ss.val(), null, 2))});
I am able to see the data structure looks like this:
{
"-It-MYaWEFBI1QGD8PXB": {
"id": "-It-MYaWEFBI1QGD8PXB",
"title": "prepare lunch"
},
"-It-Mch8_bA23vkwAbUZ": {
"id": "-It-Mch8_bA23vkwAbUZ",
"title": "install Linux"
}
}
So basically, because it's a demo, Anant has obeyed KISS and put the todo items at the root level. In a sophisticated application, you'd need to have more nesting and depth, of course.