PublicLab.Formatter.js

/*
 * Formatters package the post content for a specific
 * application, like PublicLab.org or Drupal.
 */

var Class = require('resig-class');

module.exports = PublicLab.Formatter = Class.extend({


  // eventually we could accept both a format and a URL
  init: function() {
    var _formatter = this;


    // functions that accept standard <data> and output form data for known services
    _formatter.schemas = {

      "publiclab": function(data) {
        var output = {};

        output.title = data.title || null;
        output.body = data.body || null;

        // we can remove this from server req, since we're authenticated
        output.authenticity_token = data.token || null;

        // Whether note will be draft or not
        output.draft = data.draft || false;

        // Optional:
        output.tags = data.tags || null; // comma delimited
        output.has_main_image = data.has_main_image || null;
        output.main_image = data.main_image || null; // id to associate with pre-uploaded image
        output.node_images = data.node_images || null; // comma-separated image.ids, I think
        // photo is probably actually a multipart, but we pre-upload anyways, so probably not necessary:
        output.image = { };
        output.image.photo = data.image || null;

        return output;
      }// ,

      // "drupal": {
      //   "title":           null,
      //   "body":            null
      // }

    };


    _formatter.convert = function(data, destination) {
      // return formatted version of data
      return _formatter.schemas[destination](data);
    };
  }

});