Bootstrap form example
by JoshGough
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/versionone/VersionOne.Requestor.NET/master/VersionOne.Requestor.NET.Backbone/Scripts/backbone-v1.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/powmedia/backbone-forms/master/distribution/backbone-forms.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/powmedia/backbone-forms/master/distribution/editors/list.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/powmedia/backbone-forms/master/distribution/adapters/backbone.bootstrap-modal.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/powmedia/backbone-forms/master/distribution/templates/bootstrap.js"></script>
<html>
<head>
<title>VersionOne MetaMorformizer Story Editor</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>VersionOne MetaMorformizer Story Editor</h1>
An intermediate / advanced example of using the VersionOne HTTP API with
the open source jQuery, Backbone, and Backbone Forms libraries.
<br/>
<br/>This example uses all three core VersionOne APIs: Meta, Localization,
and Data.
<a href="http://community.versionone.com/sdk/documentation/coreapi.aspx"
target="_blank">Learn more here about the APIs</a>.
<br/>
<br/>
<div style='border: 1px solid darkgray;padding:5px;background:linen'>
<h3>Instructions</h3>
<ol>
<li>1: Click <code>Load Story</code>
<br/>
<blockquote><i><span>Result</span>: Story details should load with values for the attributes selected in the <code>Which attributes?</code> list</i>
</blockquote>
</li>
<li>2: Modify the story and click <code>Save Story</code>
<br/>
<blockquote><i><span>Result</span>: Story will be saved...
CSS
body {
padding: 5px;
font-family: sans-serif;
}
#editor {
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid darkblue;
background: whitesmoke;
display: none;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
label { color: darkblue }
textarea { height: 100px }
#message {
font-weight: bold;
color: darkgreen;
}
/* From Backbone Forms github site */
/* Date */
.bbf-date .bbf-date { width: 4em }
.bbf-date .bbf-month { width: 9em }
.bbf-date .bbf-year { width: 5em }
/* DateTime */
.bbf-datetime select { width: 4em }
/* List */
.bbf-list .bbf-add,
.bbf-load { margin-top: -10px }
.bbf-list li { margin-bottom: 5px }
.bbf-list .bbf-del { margin-left: 4px }
/* List.Modal */
.bbf-list-modal {
cursor: pointer;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
width: 208px;
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 4px;
color: #555;
}
/* Custom */
#spinner,
#saveSpinner { display: none }
blockquote {
font-size: 75%;
font-weight: bold;
}
blockquote code {
font-size: 75%;
background: beige;
}
blockquote span { color: darkgreen }
.editorDiv {
margin-top: 10px;
padding: 10px;
border: 2px solid darkgray;
}
JavaScript
// This simulates getting field names from the query string:
function qs(key) {
return 'Name,Description,Estimate';
}
Backbone.emulateHTTP = true; // Force backbone to use POST, not PUT on .save(...)
var siteRoot = 'http://eval.versionone.net/platformtest/';
var urlRoot = siteRoot + 'rest-1.v1/Data/Story/';
var metaUrl = siteRoot + 'meta.v1/Story?accept=application/json';
var l10nUrl = siteRoot + 'loc.v1';
var v1AtttributeTypeToBackboneFormsFieldMap = {
'LongText': {
type: 'TextArea'
},
'Text': {
type: 'Text'
},
'Numeric': {
type: 'Text',
validators: [/^\d+$/]
}
};
var headers = {
Authorization: "Basic " + btoa("admin:admin"),
Accept: 'haljson'
};
var fetchOptions = {
dataType: 'json',
headers: headers
};
var saveOptions = {
contentType: 'haljson',
patch: true,
headers: headers
/*
setXHttpMethodOverride: function(xhr, name, value) {
xhr.setRequestHeader(name, value);
console.log(name + ': ' + value);
}
*/
};
var formSchema = {};
var form = null;
var storyModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
urlRoot: urlRoot,
url: function () {
if (!this.isNew()) return this.urlRoot + this.id;
return this.urlRoot + this.id + '?sel=' + _.keys(formSchema).join(',');
},
save: function (attributes, options) {
options || (options = saveOptions);
return Backbone.Model.prototype.save.call(this, attributes, options);
},
fetch: function (options) {
options || (options = fetchOptions);
return Backbone.Model.prototype.fetch.call(this, options);
}
});
var model = new storyModel();
function loadMeta(callback) {
formSchema = {}; // reset the schema
var attributes = getSelectedAttributesNames();
$.ajax(metaUrl).done(function (data) {
var titleRequests = [];
var attributeNames = _.map(attributes, function (fieldName) {
return "Story." + fieldName;
});
...