can.Model: one URL property for REST resource

[wclr]

The old question. For can.Model why not make one property

resource: '/api/v1/items'

that would save one from the following code:

findAll: 'GET /api/v1/items',
findOne: 'GET /api/v1/items/{id}',
create: 'POST /api/v1/items',
update: 'PUT /api/v1/items/{id}',
destroy: 'DEL /api/v1/items/{id}'

VOTE FOR THIS HERE: http://bithub.com/event/25881

[justinbmeyer]

For me, it just hasn't been an itch I've needed to scratch.

You could do something like:

resourcify = function(url, static){
  return can.extend({
    findAll: url,
    findOne: url+"/{id}",
    ...
  }, static || {})
}

MyModel = can.Model.extend(resourcify("/api/v1/items"),{})

without it being backed in

[wclr]

Yes, thanks, I though maybe it would be convenient to build it in, it is not big itch for me too though.

[justinbmeyer]

If we saw a pull request that documented it well, and didn't add much code, I'd accept it. Thanks!

[justinbmeyer]

@mjstahl This should be a property, not a function, like:

@property {String} can.Model.resource 

It doesn't return anything.