How to use URLs like '/update/:id' as KendoUI datasource? - rest

Question

I read the documentation but found nothing related to setting parameters in dataSource urls. Is it possible to achieve that?
Thx in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible. The urls defined in the DataSource.transport might be a function. This function receives (for update) as first argument the data being updated (the model) and returns the string that should be used as URL.
Composing the URL for what you want to do is:
var ds = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: function () {
return 'read';
}
},
update: {
url : function (item) {
return 'update/' + item.id;
}
}
}
});

Answer 2

The answer seems to be vague on 'item.'
Just note that 'item' is an object. In fact anything passed in to read has to be an object, that's what Kendo expects. If you pass anything else into read, like a string, it will convert it into an object which isn't what you want. So, the solution is as follows:
_viewModel: kendo.observable({
items: new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: function (args) {
var urlParm = '?take=' + 1 + '&skip=0&page=1&pageSize=' + 1;
return CGI_ISD._base + 'api/executionsummary/executiondetails/' + args.msgId + urlParm;
},
dataType: "json"
},
},
schema: {
data: function (response) {
return response.AggregateData.Data;
}
}
}),
}),
_reload: function (msgId) {
this._viewModel.items.read({msgId: msgId});
}

Answer 3

Short answer:
Nope.
Long answer:
Parameters are passed either inline with the url parameter of the transport object...
var id = 'abc123';
var ds = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: 'api/employees?id=' + id
}
}
});
...or they are passed in the data parameter of the transport object.
var id = 'abc123';
var ds = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: 'api/employees',
data: {
id: id;
}
}
}
});
or
var id = 'abc123';
var ds = new kendo.data.DataSource({
transport: {
read: {
url: 'api/employees',
data: function () {
return { id : id };
}
}
}
});