Updating a polymer element property with data from API call - ajax

Question

I'm trying to update a property in a polymer element with data from an ajax api call. I have something similar working elsewhere in the app where users are able to add packages dynamically.
Anyone know what I'm doing wrong here?
<link rel="import" href="../bower_components/polymer/polymer.html">
<link rel="import" href="address-input.html">
<link rel="import" href="package-list.html">
<link rel="import" href="../bower_components/iron-ajax/iron-ajax.html">
<dom-module id="step-one">
<style>
</style>
<template>
<section id="addresses">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<h5>Addresses</h5>
<address-input></address-input>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="packages">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<h5>Packages</h5>
<package-list></package-list>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="submit-shipping-info">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<a class="waves-effect waves-light btn col s12 m12 l12" id="submit" on-click="submitInfo">Submit</a>
<template is="dom-repeat" items="{{options}}">
<p>{{item.rates}}</p>
</template>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</template>
</dom-module>
<script>
Polymer ({
is: 'step-one',
properties: {
options: {
type: Object,
notify: true,
value: []
}
},
submitInfo: function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
//add dimensions of all packages to the dimensions array
var dimensions=[];
$('#packages .package-card').each(function(){
var weight= $(this).find('.weight').val();
var length= $(this).find('.length').val();
var height= $(this).find('.height').val();
var width= $(this).find('.width').val();
var dimension={width:width,length:length,height:height,weight:weight};
dimensions.push(dimension);
});
//capture address data
var from = $('#fromAddress').val();
var to = $('#toAddress').val();
//URL that processes getting a URL
var getQuoteURL = '../v2/API/get_rates.php';
var stuff = [];
jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
cache: false,
url: getQuoteURL,
data:{
from:from,
to:to,
dimension:dimensions
}
}).done(function(data){
$.each(data['rates'], function(i, rate ) {
stuff.push({carrier:rate.carrier});
return stuff;
});
//show step two when ajax call completes
$('.step-two').removeClass('hide').addClass('show');
console.log(stuff);//I can see all objects I need to pass to the 'options' property
return stuff;
});
this.push('options',stuff);//doesn't seem to update the 'options' property with these as a value
}
});
</script>
I'm able to console.log the array i'm trying to use, but when I try to push it to the 'options' property, it won't update.

Answer 1

Consider using Polymer built in methods instead of jQuery.
1. A button to submit a request.
<paper-button on-click="handleClick">Send a package</paper-button>
2. AJAX requests using <iron-ajax> element!
<iron-ajax id="SendPkg"
url="my/api/url"
method="POST"
headers='{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
body={{packageDetails}}
on-response="handleResponse">
</iron-ajax>
3. Handle the on-click event,
On click, select <iron-ajax> by ID and call <iron-ajax>'s generateRequest()
Use either data binding or Polymer's DOM API to get the package's width, height ...etc
handleClick: function() {
this.packageDetails = {"width": this.pkgWidth, "height": this.pkgHeight };
this.$.SendPkg.generateRequest();
},
4. Handle the response
handleResponse: function() {
//Push data to options...
},

Answer 2

return stuff;
});
this.push('options',stuff);//doesn't seem to update the 'options' property with these as a value
should be
return stuff;
this.push('options',stuff);//doesn't seem to update the 'options' property with these as a value
)};
otherwise
this.push('options',stuff);
is executed before data has arrived

Answer 3

The solution ended up being to put this into a variable:
var self = this;
then in the ajax .done() replace the value of the object with the new object from the ajax call.
self.options = stuff;
I guess you have to put "this" into a variable before you can overwrite it's values. Then the other issue was that I was trying to use .push() to add to it, but really all I needed to do was replace it. (Using self.push('options',stuff); didn't seem to work as far as adding to an object)