// Backbone.Model File Upload v1.0.0 // by Joe Vu - joe.vu@homeslicesolutions.com // For all details and documentation: // https://github.com/homeslicesolutions/backbone-model-file-upload // Contributors: // lutherism - Alex Jansen - alex.openrobot.net // bildja - Dima Bildin - github.com/bildja // Minjung - Alejandro - github.com/Minjung // XemsDoom - Luca Moser - https://github.com/XemsDoom // DanilloCorvalan - Danillo Corvalan - https://github.com/DanilloCorvalan (function(root, factory) { // AMD if (typeof define === 'function' && define.amd) { define(['underscore', 'backbone'], function(_, Backbone){ factory(root, Backbone, _); }); // NodeJS/CommonJS } else if (typeof exports !== 'undefined') { var _ = require('underscore'), Backbone = require('backbone'); factory(root, Backbone, _); // Browser global } else { factory(root, root.Backbone, root._); } }(this, function(root, Backbone, _) { 'use strict'; // Clone the original Backbone.Model.prototype as superClass var _superClass = _.clone( Backbone.Model.prototype ); // Extending out var BackboneModelFileUpload = Backbone.Model.extend({ // ! Default file attribute - can be overwritten fileAttribute: 'file', // @ Save - overwritten save: function(key, val, options) { // Variables var attrs, attributes = this.attributes, that = this; // Signature parsing - taken directly from original Backbone.Model.save // and it states: 'Handle both "key", value and {key: value} -style arguments.' if (key == null || typeof key === 'object') { attrs = key; options = val; } else { (attrs = {})[key] = val; } // Validate & wait options - taken directly from original Backbone.Model.save options = _.extend({validate: true}, options); if (attrs && !options.wait) { if (!this.set(attrs, options)) return false; } else { if (!this._validate(attrs, options)) return false; } // Merge data temporarily for formdata var mergedAttrs = _.extend({}, attributes, attrs); if (attrs && options.wait) { this.attributes = mergedAttrs; } // Check for "formData" flag and check for if file exist. if ( options.formData === true || options.formData !== false && mergedAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ] && mergedAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ] instanceof File || mergedAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ] instanceof FileList || mergedAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ] instanceof Blob ) { // Flatten Attributes reapplying File Object var formAttrs = _.clone( mergedAttrs ), fileAttr = mergedAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ]; formAttrs = this._flatten( formAttrs ); formAttrs[ this.fileAttribute ] = fileAttr; // Converting Attributes to Form Data var formData = new FormData(); _.each( formAttrs, function( value, key ){ if (value instanceof FileList || (key === that.fileAttribute && value instanceof Array)) { _.each(value, function(file) { formData.append( key, file ); }); } else { formData.append( key, value ); } }); // Set options for AJAX call options.data = formData; options.processData = false; options.contentType = false; // Handle "progress" events if (!options.xhr) { options.xhr = function(){ var xhr = Backbone.$.ajaxSettings.xhr(); xhr.upload.addEventListener('progress', _.bind(that._progressHandler, that), false); return xhr } } } // Resume back to original state if (attrs && options.wait) this.attributes = attributes; // Continue to call the existing "save" method return _superClass.save.call(this, attrs, options); }, // _ FlattenObject gist by "penguinboy". Thank You! // https://gist.github.com/penguinboy/762197 // NOTE for those who use "<1.0.0". The notation changed to nested brackets _flatten: function flatten( obj ) { var output = {}; for (var i in obj) { if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(i)) continue; if (typeof obj[i] == 'object') { var flatObject = flatten(obj[i]); for (var x in flatObject) { if (!flatObject.hasOwnProperty(x)) continue; output[i + '[' + x + ']'] = flatObject[x]; } } else { output[i] = obj[i]; } } return output; }, // An "Unflatten" tool which is something normally should be on the backend // But this is a guide to how you would unflatten the object _unflatten: function unflatten(obj, output) { var re = /^([^\[\]]+)\[(.+)\]$/g; output = output || {}; for (var key in obj) { var value = obj[key]; if (!key.toString().match(re)) { var tempOut = {}; tempOut[key] = value; _.extend(output, tempOut); } else { var keys = _.compact(key.split(re)), tempOut = {}; tempOut[keys[1]] = value; output[keys[0]] = unflatten( tempOut, output[keys[0]] ) } } return output; }, // _ Get the Progress of the uploading file _progressHandler: function( event ) { if (event.lengthComputable) { var percentComplete = event.loaded / event.total; this.trigger( 'progress', percentComplete ); } } }); // Export out to override Backbone Model Backbone.Model = BackboneModelFileUpload; }));