Get entire model in Backbone JS

Question

In backbone javascript models, we get individual items as shown below:

var type = this.model.get("type");

Here, type will be defined in server side & then fetched in JS using above syntax.

My question is how do I get the entire model in one shot?

I tried this.model.toString() but it prints [object object]

Any suggestion?

EDIT: I'm using above line of code in backbone view & not the model. And in this view, I need to read all the models data even if its JSON string, thts fine with me. How do I get it. I don't want to use separate collection or anything else. I need to update the above view only to get entire model.

I can't understand what you're trying to do. To see the model attributes,`this.model.attributes`. Is this that you want? — rcarvalho, Jul 22 '14 at 21:51
Thanks go-oleg. I found the answer in the link you proivided. Please put it as answer & I'll mark it. — Freephone Panwal, Jul 22 '14 at 22:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '14 at 22:17

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You can use model.toJSON() to get all the attributes of a model.

answered Jul 22 '14 at 22:17

go-oleg

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 21:39

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you use a collection

http://backbonejs.org/#Collection

You can then iterate though the collection to obtain each model.

var Library = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  model: Book
});

for example and then

books = new Library();
books.each(function(book) {
  book.publish();
});

to iterate

answered Jul 22 '14 at 21:39

exussum

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I updated my question. I need the details in the view itself without using any new collection. – Freephone Panwal Jul 22 '14 at 21:43
Why use backbone at all if you want to use it like that ? – exussum Jul 22 '14 at 21:45

Get entire model in Backbone JS

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