Backbone.JS IdAttribute()

The Backbone.JS IdAttribute() model is used to specify the model’s unique identifier.

Syntax:

Model.IdAttribute   

Example:

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<title>Example</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var X = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {
idAttribute: 'id'
}
});
var Y = new X({id:5});
document.write("<b>Unique identifier:</b> ", Y.idAttribute);
</script><b>Unique identifier:</b> id
<title>Example</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.2/underscore-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/backbone.js/1.1.2/backbone-min.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var X = Backbone.Model.extend({ defaults: { idAttribute: 'id' } }); var Y = new X({id:5}); document.write("<b>Unique identifier:</b> ", Y.idAttribute); </script><b>Unique identifier:</b> id
 
  
  
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Unique identifier: id  
  
  

Output:

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Unique identifier: id
Unique identifier: id
Unique identifier: id

Explanation:
The unique identifier is set as id.