Backbone Collection for YQL

gistfile1.js

var YqlCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    query: '',
    url: 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql',
    format: 'json',
    timeout: 10000,
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    fetch: function (options) {
        options = options ? _.clone(options) : {};
        options.data = options.data ? _.clone(options.data) : {};
        if (!options.data.q) {
            options.data.q = _.result(this, 'query')
        }
        if (!options.data.format) {
            options.data.format = _.result(this, 'format');
        }
        return Backbone.Collection.prototype.fetch.call(this, options);
    },
    sync: function(method, model, options){
        options.timeout = _.result(this, 'timeout');
        options.dataType = _.result(this, 'dataType');
        return Backbone.sync(method, model, options);
    },
    parse: function(response) {
        return response.query.results.json.json;
    }
});