Backbone DataStore

npm install backbone.datastore

Introduction

Once required, collection and model data will be cached in memory for { this.expires }'s seconds after the initial fetch. All models and collections will be cached unless the object's store property is set to false like so...

var realtimeCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    store: false,

    // ...other options here
})

Once the cached data has expired, the subsequent fetch request will fetch from REST endpoint and recache repeating the cycle.

CommonJS

// This is the top of my Backbone application!

var Backbone = require('backbone'); // Must be required prior to data store

var DataStore = require('backbone.datastore');
DataStore.extend({
    expires: 20 // Content expiry in seconds
    debug: true // Output debugging log
});

Disable data storage

At class level...

var realtimeCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    store: false,

    // ...other options here
})

At instance level...

var realtimeInstance = new realtimeCollection({ store: false })

At fetch level...

realtimeInstance.fetch({ 
    invalidate: true,
    // ... other opts
})

Options

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