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ExtJS: Using remotely loaded singleton values for store definition

I'm having some trouble trying to figure out how to do this (if it's even possible).
I have an app which uses parse.com to store it's data, the thing is I want each user to have a different parse.com account so their data sets don't intersect whatsoever. So I created a singleton (Settings) which stores the user's appId and apiKey, which are loaded from a general parse.com account which is managed by me and contains each user's email, appId and apiKey, so when they log into the app it gets the user's appId and apiKey.
The thing is I need to use those settings, appId and apiKey, in the definitions of my stores, as I need to send them in the headers. I've done some testing trying to set my singleton's globals when the app launchs, but at the time of the stores definition both of those "globals" are null, as the app hasn't launched yet.
Here's some of my code so I can make myself a little clearer as I know this isn't the easiest thing to understand.
Application.js
Ext.define('Settings', {
singleton: true,
appId: null,
apiKey: null
});
Ext.define('MyApp.Application', {
extend: 'Ext.app.Application',
name: 'MyApp',
stores: [],
launch: function () {
Ext.create('MyApp.store.Settings').load({
params: {
'where': '{"email": "useremail#gmail.com"}' //email is supposed to be a user input but for the sakes of testing I just made it static
},
callback: function(records){
var s = records[0];
Settings.appId = s.get('appId');
Settings.apiKey = s.get('apiKey');
Parse.initialize(Settings.appId, Settings.apiKey);
}
});
},
onAppUpdate: function () {
Ext.Msg.confirm('Application Update', 'This application has an update, reload?',
function (choice) {
if (choice === 'yes') {
window.location.reload();
}
}
);
}
});
Store
Ext.define('MyApp.store.Things', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
model: 'MyApp.model.Thing',
proxy: {
type: 'rest',
api: {
read: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing',
create: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing'
},
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'results'
},
useDefaultXhrHeader: false,
withCredentials: false,
headers: {
'X-Parse-Application-Id': Settings.appId, //this is null at the time of definition, but I want it to be the newly fetched value at the time of app launch
'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': Settings.apiKey, //this is obviously null as well
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
},
autoLoad: true,
autoSync: true
});
What's the way around this?
By the way.. if someone can think of a proper name for this thread please feel free to change it or suggest.

Try something like:
Ext.define('Settings', {
singleton: true,
appId: null,
apiKey: null
});
Ext.define('MyApp.store.Things', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
model: 'MyApp.model.Thing',
proxy: {
type: 'rest',
api: {
read: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing',
create: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing'
},
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'results'
},
useDefaultXhrHeader: false,
withCredentials: false,
},
//autoLoad: true,
autoSync: true
});
Ext.define('MyApp.Application', {
extend: 'Ext.app.Application',
name: 'MyApp',
stores: ['Things'],
launch: function() {
var settings = Ext.create('MyApp.store.Settings');
settings.on('load', function() {
var things = Ext.getStore('Things');
things.getProxy().setHeaders({
'X-Parse-Application-Id': Settings.appId,
'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': Settings.apiKey,
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
});
things.load();
});
settings.load({
params: {
'where': '{"email": "useremail#gmail.com"}' //email is supposed to be a user input but for the sakes of testing I just made it static
},
callback: function(records) {
var s = records[0];
Settings.appId = s.get('appId');
Settings.apiKey = s.get('apiKey');
Parse.initialize(Settings.appId, Settings.apiKey);
}
});
},
onAppUpdate: function() {
Ext.Msg.confirm('Application Update', 'This application has an update, reload?',
function(choice) {
if (choice === 'yes') {
window.location.reload();
}
}
);
}
});

I would suggest using routes to accomplish this, since you are using ExtJs 6. It is completely out of the box, but I thing it would be ideal for your situation. In this way you can simply be sure that when a route is called and a part of your application is loaded, you always can do some checks. This can be very useful for checking user credentials for example. More information about routes can be found here. And this is a great post when you want to handling user sessions through routes.
The singleton:
Ext.define('Settings', {
singleton: true,
appId: null,
apiKey: null
});
The Base store:
Ext.define('Base', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
alias: 'store.base',
storeId: 'base',
autoLoad: false,
proxy: {
type: 'rest',
useDefaultXhrHeader: false,
withCredentials: false
},
listeners: {
beforeload: function(store, operation, eOpts) {
store.getProxy().headers = {
'X-Parse-Application-Id': Settings.appId,
'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': Settings.apiKey,
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
}
}
});
The Things store:
Ext.define('MyApp.store.Things', {
extend: 'MyApp.store.Base',
alias: 'store.things',
model: 'MyApp.model.Thing',
storeId: 'things',
requires: [
'Settings'
],
proxy: {
api: {
read: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing',
create: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing'
},
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'results'
}
},
autoLoad: false, // --> set to false
autoSync: true
});
Your MainController:
Ext.define('MyApp.view.main.MainController', {
extend : 'Ext.app.ViewController',
requires: [
'Settings'
],
stores: [
'Things'
],
routes : {
'user/:id' : {
before : 'onBeforeUser',
action : 'onUser'
}
},
onBeforeUser : function(id, action) {
Ext.create('MyApp.store.Settings').load({
params: {
'where': '{"email": "useremail#gmail.com"}' //email is supposed to be a user input but for the sakes of testing I just made it static
},
callback: function(records){
var s = records[0];
Settings.appId = s.get('appId');
Settings.apiKey = s.get('apiKey');
Parse.initialize(Settings.appId, Settings.apiKey);
action.resume();
}
});
// or even better
Ext.Ajax.request({
url: 'url/to/the/api',
params: {
'where': '{"email": "useremail#gmail.com"}' //email is supposed to be a user input but for the sakes of testing I just made it static
},
success: function(response, opts) {
var obj = Ext.decode(response.responseText);
Settings.appId = obj.appId;
Settings.apiKey = obj.apiKey;
Parse.initialize(Settings.appId, Settings.apiKey);
action.resume();
},
failure: function(response, opts) {
action.stop(true);
}
});
},
onUser : function(id) {
Ext.getStore('things').load();
}
});

I think the issue can be solved by moving proxy definition to constructor of 'Things' store as given below.
Ext.define('MyApp.store.Things', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
model: 'MyApp.model.Thing',
autoLoad: true,
autoSync: true,
constructor: function(config) {
config = Ext.apply({
proxy: {
type: 'rest',
api: {
read: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing',
create: 'https://api.parse.com/1/classes/Thing'
},
reader: {
type: 'json',
rootProperty: 'results'
},
useDefaultXhrHeader: false,
withCredentials: false,
headers: {
'X-Parse-Application-Id': Settings.appId,
'X-Parse-REST-API-Key': Settings.appId,
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
}
}, config);
this.callParent([config]);
}
});
When proxy definition is inside the constructor, Settings.appId and Settings.apiKey are resolved only at the time of instance creation of 'MyApp.store.Things'.

Extjs Paging with additional Parameter

I'am working on a ExtJS 4.2 Project, where i want to use a Paging Toolbar to navigate through Images.
When i open the Window, all Images are correct, but when i click on the next button to see the next Images, the result is empty. Its because the Parameter Id isn't passed to the backend System.
I saw in other Threads an option like baseParams but they are not in the documentation and don't work.
//My Store Class
Ext.define('App.store.Images', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Store',
model: 'App.model.Images',
autoLoad: false,
autoSync: false,
storeId: 'Images',
pageSize: 8,
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
url: '/getImages',
reader: {
type: 'json',
root: 'images',
totalProperty: 'total'
}
}
});
// This code is execute when i open the Window
var imagesStore = Ext.StoreManager.get('Images');
imagesStore.on('load', buildContent);
imagesStore.load({
params: {
id: record.get('id'),
start: 0,
limit: 8
}
});
Where can be additional Parameter be defined?

In fact you can define extraParams on the store proxy. You can do this just before the load method call :
Ext.apply(store.getProxy().extraParams, {
'yourId': yourId
});
or in your proxy config :
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
url: '/getImages',
reader: {
type: 'json',
root: 'images',
totalProperty: 'total'
}
extraParams: {
'yourId': yourId
}
}

Backbone + kendoGrid, PUT not working

I'm trying to integrate kendoGrid on a Backbone View, this is my view code:
App.Views.UsersManager = Backbone.View.extend({
tagName: 'section',
id: 'users-manager',
className: 'tile',
template: Handlebars.compile($('#profile-usersManager-template').html()),
render: function () {
console.log('usersManager.render -> collection', this.collection);
var self = this;
this.$el.html(this.template());
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: '/users',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json'
},
update: {
url: '/users',
type: 'PUT',
dataType: 'json'
}
},
schema: {
data: 'data'
},
batch: true
});
this.$('table.users-manager').kendoGrid({
scrollable: false,
sortable: true,
dataSource: dataSource,
toolbar: ["save"],
editable: true,
navigatable: true,
// filterable: true,
});
return this;
}
});
The view render correctly, and the kendoGrid correctly GET my users data from my SlimPHP framework, but when i try to modify an element of the grid and hit the "Save Changes" button provided by "toolbar: ["save"]", nothing happens, even on my firebug console... there's no server communication at all.
I'm new on kendo (and Backbone also) development, maybe i'm failing something on the syntax? :stuck:
Update after Atanas Korchev answer
this is my DataSource updated:
var dataSource = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: '/users',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json'
},
update: {
url: '/users',
type: 'PUT',
dataType: 'json'
}
},
schema: {
data: 'data',
model: {
id: 'id',
fields: {
email: {},
name: {},
surname: {},
rank: {},
type: {}
}
}
},
batch: true
});
That not solve my issue, i wanna notice that my php code look like that actually:
$app->put('/users', function () use ($app, $db) {
exit('put ok');
});
Just to see if the client/server communication works... I know it will be an error, but I can't see any firebug error too, like the "Save Changes" button has no event... (I will try the Dennis Rongo suggestion.. but I dont think is the solution...)
Sorry for my bad english

Try describing your model in the DataSource settings:
schema: {
data: 'data',
model: {
id: "MyId"
}
}
You need to at least specify the id.

Solved by removing the data: 'data' from the schema object, there's the link kendoGrid batch editing!

Sending parameters in ExtJS 4.1

This is my code:
Ext.define('gridOptionsModel', {
extend: 'Ext.data.Model'
});
var gridOptionsStore = Ext.create('Ext.data.JsonStore', {
autoDestroy: true,
model: 'gridOptionsModel',
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
actionMethods: 'POST',
url: '/application.php?way=system&case=updateFields41',
extraParams: {meta: 'true'},
reader: {
type: 'json',
root: 'gridoptions'
}
}
});
And this is the part where it reloads the data from the url but does not send the desired parameters
gridOptionsStore.load({proxy: {
extraParams: {gridData: grid.getState()}}
});
I have tried everything possible but cannot made it to POST the gridData parameter.

you can add the extra param before the load.
gridOptionsStore.getProxy().extraParams.gridData = grid.getState();
gridOptionsStore.load();
This works for me.

instead of setting a property directly, use a method when available:
gridOptionsStore.getProxy().setExtraParam('gridData', grid.getState());

How to set param of store.proxy

var gridStore = Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
model: 'Writer.Person',
autoLoad: true,
autoSync: false,
proxy: {
type: 'ajax',
api: {
read: '?operant=2',
create: '?operant=3',
update: '?operant=4',
destroy: '?operant=5'
},
reader: {
type: 'json',
successProperty: 'success',
root: 'data',
messageProperty: 'message',
extraParams: {
user_id: "some text",
another_param: "more text"
}
}
}
});
I tried use baseParams 、 params ,I use fiddler to look ,the extjs no send this, how to do?? thanks

Check this, it shows some workaround for your problem: http://www.learnsomethings.com/2011/05/17/where-did-setextraparam-aka-setbaseparam-go-in-extjs-4-%E2%80%93-one-workaround/

I believe you're looking for extraParams, which is a config under the proxy. Example:
proxy: {
url: "some_page.jsp",
extraParams: {
user_id: "some text",
another_param: "more text",
// add as many as you need
}
}
These extra parameters will be sent in your requests. There are also default params set by the Ajax proxy class: pageParam, sortParam, groupParam, filterParam, limitParam. Set these to undefined to remove them from the request.