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Get Document By Id using CouchDB and Backbone

I am trying to follow a similar work flow as others using Backbone and CouchDB. If my connector looks like this:

Backbone.couch_connector.config.db_name = window.location.pathname.split("/")[1];
Backbone.couch_connector.config.ddoc_name = window.location.pathname.split("/")[3];
Backbone.couch_connector.config.global_changes = false;

And my URL has the document _id, whats the cleanest way to get a document?

Solution
    1. Define a route in your backbone router that passes the id to a function
    2. In the function instantiate the model, setting the passed in id

    3. Call fetch() on the model

      routes: {
    '/foo/:id' : 'doFoo'
}

doFoo = function(id) {
    doc = new Model({ '_id' : id }).fetch();            
}

    http://jsfiddle.net/tuTAK/1/