AjaxAppend: Autoappend JSON returned from an AJAX call, formatted by Underscore Templating Engine http://tybenz.com/ajaxAppend

ajaxappend.js

/*!
*	ajaxAppend v1.0 - a jQuery Plugin by Tyler Benziger
*	http://tylerbenziger.github.com/ajaxAppend
* 	
*	Copyright 2012, Tyler Benziger
*
*	Date: Tuesday June 26, 2012 09:47AM
*/

(function( $, undefined ){	
  $.fn.ajaxAppend = function( options ) {
    var settings = $.extend({
    templates: [ { template: '<p>{{data.text}}</p>', selector: 'body', order: 'append' } ],
    dataName: 'data',
    dataCollection: false,
    formReset: true,
  }, options );

  this.bind( "ajaxSend", function( evt, data, status, xhr ) {
    var response = JSON.parse( xhr.responseText ),
    templates = settings.templates;

    for ( var idx in templates ) {
      var template = templates[ idx ].template,
        selector = templates[ idx ].selector,
        order = templates[ idx ].order,
        callback = templates[ idx ].callback,
        data = {};

      data[ settings.dataName ] = response;
      var $newEle = $( _.template( template, data ) );

      switch ( order ) {
        case 'before':
          $( selector ).before( $newEle );
          break;
        case 'after':
          $( selector ).after( $newEle );
          break;
        case 'prepend':
          $( selector ).prepend( $newEle );
          break;
        case 'replace':
          $( selector ).replaceWith( $newEle );
          break;
        case 'append':
        default:
          $( selector ).append( $newEle );
          break;
      }

      if ( callback ) {
        callback.call( $newEle );
      }
    }

    if ( settings.formReset ) {
      $( this )[0].reset();
    }
  });
};

})( jQuery );