DG MS; posting to services now works, updated form serializer to handle array attributes.

app/models/service.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Service < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def public_message(post, length, url = "")
+    Rails.logger.info("Posting out to #{self.class}")
     url = "" if post.respond_to?(:photos) && post.photos.count == 0
     space_for_url = url.blank? ? 0 : (url.length + 1)
     truncated = truncate(post.text(:plain_text => true), :length => (length - space_for_url))

public/javascripts/app/forms.js

@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ app.forms.Base = app.views.Base.extend({
     var form = this.$("form");
 
     function setValueFromField(memo, attribute, selector){
-      memo[attribute] =  form.find(selector).val()
+      var selectors = form.find(selector);
+
+      if(selectors.length > 1) {
+        memo[attribute] = _.map(selectors, function(selector){
+          return $(selector).val()
+        })
+      } else {
+        memo[attribute] = selectors.val();
+      }
+
       return memo
     }
 

public/javascripts/app/forms/post_form.js

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ app.forms.Post = app.forms.Base.extend({
 
   formAttrs : {
     "textarea.text" : "text",
-    "input.aspect_ids" : "aspect_ids"
+    "input.aspect_ids" : "aspect_ids",
+    'input.service:checked' : 'services'
   },
 
   initialize : function(){

public/javascripts/app/models/status_message.js

@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@ app.models.StatusMessage = app.models.Post.extend({
   },
 
   mungeAndSave : function(){
-    var mungedAttrs = {status_message : _.clone(this.attributes), aspect_ids : mungeAspects(this.get("aspect_ids"))}
+    var mungedAttrs = {
+      status_message : _.clone(this.attributes),
+      aspect_ids : mungeAspects(this.get("aspect_ids")),
+      services : mungeServices(this.get("services"))
+    }
+
     this.save(mungedAttrs)
 
     function mungeAspects (value){
       return [value]
     }
+
+    function mungeServices (values) {
+      return values.length > 1 ?  values :  [values]
+    }
   }
 });

public/javascripts/app/pages/post-new.js

@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ app.pages.PostNew = app.views.Base.extend({
   saveModel : function(){
     this.model.mungeAndSave();
   }
-})
+});

spec/javascripts/app/forms/post_form_spec.js

@@ -13,12 +13,28 @@ describe("app.forms.Post", function(){
       beforeEach(function(){
         this.view.$("form .text").val("Oh My")
         this.view.$("form .aspect_ids").val("public")
+
+        /* appending checkboxes */
+        this.view.$("form").append($("<input/>", {
+          value : "fakeBook",
+          checked : "checked",
+          "class" : "service",
+          "type" : "checkbox"
+        }))
+
+        this.view.$("form").append($("<input/>", {
+          value : "twitter",
+          checked : "checked",
+          "class" : "service",
+          "type" : "checkbox"
+        }))
       })
 
       it("instantiates a post on form submit", function(){
         this.view.$("form").submit()
         expect(this.view.model.get("text")).toBe("Oh My")
         expect(this.view.model.get("aspect_ids")).toBe("public")
+        expect(this.view.model.get("services").length).toBe(2)
       })
 
       it("triggers a  'setFromForm' event", function(){