Question

So I am trying to implement CRUD into my Backbone app by using the book from Addy Osmani. One of the problems that I encounter is, that although I am currently using the same code for the NodeJS server with express/mongoose/path I get 404 for all CRUD operations. Here is my currently folder structure on localhost

/
/myApplication/ (working dir)
/myApplication/js (contains all js files from Backbone app)
/myApplication/mongoServer.js (the server app)

So according to the guide the only thing that has to be set is the url in the collection

myCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
 model: myModel,
 url: '/api/myModels'
 ...
})

What I would expect is, that once I add a model, as it is part of the collection, it creates a collection (if it did not exist) and then syncs it with the server. This probably happens, BUT with one exception

POST http://localhost/api/todos 404 (Not Found)

Of course I see that thats not correct as it probably needs to look at the path

POST http://localhost/myApplication/api/todos

because the mongoServer.js is in the folder of myApplication. I do not really know how to solve this problem. Maybe one could change routes or maybe there is a flaw in my logic about my implementation?

Edit: Also to clarify, i’ve already tested

url: '/myApplication/api/myModels'

the XHR finishes loading, but the POST is still 404.

Answer 1

The general problem i was having was the setup with the Express app server. The line that caused the trouble was

app.configure(function() {
 app.use(express.static(path.join(application_root, "public")));
});

Which basically tells express that the static path to the app is in the public folder (which i did not have apparently). As the express server listens to the port you choose via

app.listen(3000);

the page that you actually want to visit (like your index.html or static.html) can be found under

http://localhost:3000/index.html or static.html

without any /myApplication following the localhost. This also helps with the general url settings in the app itself as it really just needs to be /api/myModels