Backbone save() respond with success

Question

I have a properly configured Backbone Model, but when I run the save method like so:

backbone_model.save(null, {

    success: function () { console.log('ok'); },

    error : function () { console.log('not ok'); } 

});

I have a successful POST request sent (and Backbone request is triggered) to my Node instance which responds with nothing except 200 OK like so:

app.post('/backbone', function (req, res) {
    res.send(); // Automatically sends 200 OK
}

But Backbone does not trigger the sync event, and the error callback is executed. I've also tried returning 201 Created, with no success.

Answer 1

Backbone by default expects the response to be JSON, so when your respond with nothing as it is not valid JSON it triggers error callback.

if you want response to be empty just say the expected type is text

this.model.save(null,{
 dataType:"text",
 success:function() {},
 error:function() {}
});