NEWSBLUR.Models.User = Backbone.Model.extend({ idAttribute: 'user_id', get: function(attr) { var value = Backbone.Model.prototype.get.call(this, attr); if (attr == 'photo_url' && !value) { value = NEWSBLUR.Globals.MEDIA_URL + 'img/reader/default_profile_photo.png'; } return value; }, photo_url: function(options) { options = options || {}; var url = this.get('photo_url'); if (options.size && _.string.contains(url, 'graph.facebook.com')) { url += '?type=' + options.size; } return url; } }); NEWSBLUR.Collections.Users = Backbone.Collection.extend({ model : NEWSBLUR.Models.User, find: function(user_id) { return this.detect(function(user) { return user.get('user_id') == user_id; }); } });