How to get json with backbone.js - json

Question

I am trying to use backbones.js fetch to get json from a twitter search
and my code below can someone tell me where I am going wrong?
(function($){
var Item = Backbone.Model.extend();
var List = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Item,
url:"http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=blue%20angels&rpp=5&include_entities=true&result_type=mixed"
});
var ListView = Backbone.View.extend({
el: $('#test'),
events: {
'click button#add': 'getPost'
},
initialize: function(){
_.bindAll(this, 'render', 'getPost');
this.collection = new List();
this.render();
},
render: function(){
var self = this;
$(this.el).append("<button id='add'>get</button>");
},
getPost: function(){
console.log(this.collection.fetch());
}
});
// **listView instance**: Instantiate main app view.
var listView = new ListView();
})(jQuery);​
I am just getting started with backbone and I just want to console.log the json
you can see my example here. jsfiddle.net/YnJ9q/2/

Answer 1

There are two issues above:
Firstly, you need to add a success/fail callback to the fetch method in order for you to have the fetched JSON logged to the console.
getPost: function(){
var that = this;
this.collection.fetch(
{
success: function () {
console.log(that.collection.toJSON());
},
error: function() {
console.log('Failed to fetch!');
}
});
}
Another problem is the issue of "same-origin-policy'. You can find out how to resolve that by taking a look at this link.
Update:
I modified your code and included the updated sync method. It now works! Take a look here!
Basically, update your collection to include the parse and sync methods as below:
var List = Backbone.Collection.extend({
model: Item,
url: "http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=blue%20angels&rpp=5&include_entities=true&result_type=mixed",
parse: function(response) {
return response.results;
},
sync: function(method, model, options) {
var that = this;
var params = _.extend({
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'jsonp',
url: that.url,
processData: false
}, options);
return $.ajax(params);
}
});