cannot get the cid of the model while rendering a backbone collection over a template

backbone.js, javascript, mustache, templates

Solution

The `cid` is not included by default in the `toJSON` output. You will need to override `toJSON` in your model definition and include `cid`.

toJSON: function() {
  var json = Backbone.Model.prototype.toJSON.apply(this, arguments);
  json.cid = this.cid;
  return json;
}

Problem

I am trying to render a backbone collection on a template that is built with mustache.js . The problem is I couldn't get the cid of the model in the template. My code is ``` <div class="phone span4"> <h5> Phone Appointments</h5> {{ _.each(slots, function(slot) { }} {{ if(slot.aptType == "P"){ }} <h6 cid="{{=slot.cid}}" aptId="{{=slot.aptId}}"> {{=slot.beginTime}} - {{=slot.endTime}} </h6> {{ } }} {{ }); }} </div> ``` from the above code, I can get the aptId, beginTime and end Time, but not the Cid. How to get the Cid of the model from a collection while rendering it on a template? and my render method from the view looks like this ``` render:function(){ var template = _.template($("#slot-display-template").html()); compiledTmp = template({slots: this.collection.toJSON()}) this.$el.append(compiledTmp); } ``` Also is there any disadvantage of using cid as the unique identifier of a model ? Thanks in advance !!!

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