fomantic-ui 2.9.1-beta.8 → 2.9.1

package/dist/components/api.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * # Fomantic-UI 2.9.1-beta.8+edc5e7e - API
+ * # Fomantic-UI 2.9.1 - API
  * https://github.com/fomantic/Fomantic-UI/
  *
  *
@@ -8,1229 +8,1207 @@
  *
  */
 
-;(function ($, window, document, undefined) {
-
-'use strict';
-
-$.isWindow = $.isWindow || function(obj) {
-  return obj != null && obj === obj.window;
-};
-
-  window = (typeof window != 'undefined' && window.Math == Math)
-    ? window
-    : (typeof self != 'undefined' && self.Math == Math)
-      ? self
-      : Function('return this')()
-;
-
-$.api = $.fn.api = function(parameters) {
-
-  var
-    // use window context if none specified
-    $allModules     = $.isFunction(this)
-        ? $(window)
-        : $(this),
-    moduleSelector = $allModules.selector || '',
-    time           = new Date().getTime(),
-    performance    = [],
-
-    query          = arguments[0],
-    methodInvoked  = (typeof query == 'string'),
-    queryArguments = [].slice.call(arguments, 1),
-
-    returnedValue
-  ;
-
-  $allModules
-    .each(function() {
-      var
-        settings          = ( $.isPlainObject(parameters) )
-          ? $.extend(true, {}, $.fn.api.settings, parameters)
-          : $.extend({}, $.fn.api.settings),
-
-        // internal aliases
-        namespace       = settings.namespace,
-        metadata        = settings.metadata,
-        selector        = settings.selector,
-        error           = settings.error,
-        className       = settings.className,
-
-        // define namespaces for modules
-        eventNamespace  = '.' + namespace,
-        moduleNamespace = 'module-' + namespace,
-
-        // element that creates request
-        $module         = $(this),
-        $form           = $module.closest(selector.form),
-
-        // context used for state
-        $context        = (settings.stateContext)
-          ? ([window,document].indexOf(settings.stateContext) < 0 ? $(document).find(settings.stateContext) : $(settings.stateContext))
-          : $module,
-
-        // request details
-        ajaxSettings,
-        requestSettings,
-        url,
-        data,
-        requestStartTime,
-        originalData,
-
-        // standard module
-        element         = this,
-        context         = $context[0],
-        instance        = $module.data(moduleNamespace),
-        module
-      ;
-
-      module = {
-
-        initialize: function() {
-          if(!methodInvoked) {
-            originalData = settings.data;
-            module.bind.events();
-          }
-          module.instantiate();
-        },
+(function ($, window, document) {
+    'use strict';
 
-        instantiate: function() {
-          module.verbose('Storing instance of module', module);
-          instance = module;
-          $module
-            .data(moduleNamespace, instance)
-          ;
-        },
+    function isWindow(obj) {
+        return obj !== null && obj === obj.window;
+    }
 
-        destroy: function() {
-          module.verbose('Destroying previous module for', element);
-          $module
-            .removeData(moduleNamespace)
-            .off(eventNamespace)
-          ;
-        },
+    function isFunction(obj) {
+        return typeof obj === 'function' && typeof obj.nodeType !== 'number';
+    }
 
-        bind: {
-          events: function() {
-            var
-              triggerEvent = module.get.event()
-            ;
-            if( triggerEvent ) {
-              module.verbose('Attaching API events to element', triggerEvent);
-              $module
-                .on(triggerEvent + eventNamespace, module.event.trigger)
-              ;
-            }
-            else if(settings.on == 'now') {
-              module.debug('Querying API endpoint immediately');
-              module.query();
-            }
-          }
-        },
+    window = window !== undefined && window.Math === Math
+        ? window
+        : globalThis;
 
-        decode: {
-          json: function(response) {
-            if(response !== undefined && typeof response == 'string') {
-              try {
-               response = JSON.parse(response);
-              }
-              catch(e) {
-                // isn't json string
-              }
-            }
-            return response;
-          }
-        },
+    $.fn.api = function (parameters) {
+        var
+            // use window context if none specified
+            $allModules     = isFunction(this)
+                ? $(window)
+                : $(this),
+            moduleSelector = $allModules.selector || '',
+            time           = Date.now(),
+            performance    = [],
 
-        read: {
-          cachedResponse: function(url) {
+            query          = arguments[0],
+            methodInvoked  = typeof query === 'string',
+            queryArguments = [].slice.call(arguments, 1),
+
+            returnedValue
+        ;
+
+        $allModules.each(function () {
             var
-              response
+                settings          = $.isPlainObject(parameters)
+                    ? $.extend(true, {}, $.fn.api.settings, parameters)
+                    : $.extend({}, $.fn.api.settings),
+
+                // internal aliases
+                namespace       = settings.namespace,
+                metadata        = settings.metadata,
+                selector        = settings.selector,
+                error           = settings.error,
+                className       = settings.className,
+
+                // define namespaces for modules
+                eventNamespace  = '.' + namespace,
+                moduleNamespace = 'module-' + namespace,
+
+                // element that creates request
+                $module         = $(this),
+                $form           = $module.closest(selector.form),
+
+                // context used for state
+                $context        = settings.stateContext
+                    ? ([window, document].indexOf(settings.stateContext) < 0 ? $(document).find(settings.stateContext) : $(settings.stateContext))
+                    : $module,
+
+                // request details
+                ajaxSettings,
+                requestSettings,
+                url,
+                data,
+                requestStartTime,
+                originalData,
+
+                // standard module
+                element         = this,
+                context         = $context[0],
+                instance        = $module.data(moduleNamespace),
+                module
             ;
-            if(window.Storage === undefined) {
-              module.error(error.noStorage);
-              return;
-            }
-            response = sessionStorage.getItem(url + module.get.normalizedData());
-            module.debug('Using cached response', url, settings.data, response);
-            response = module.decode.json(response);
-            return response;
-          }
-        },
-        write: {
-          cachedResponse: function(url, response) {
-            if(response && response === '') {
-              module.debug('Response empty, not caching', response);
-              return;
-            }
-            if(window.Storage === undefined) {
-              module.error(error.noStorage);
-              return;
-            }
-            if( $.isPlainObject(response) ) {
-              response = JSON.stringify(response);
-            }
-            sessionStorage.setItem(url + module.get.normalizedData(), response);
-            module.verbose('Storing cached response for url', url, settings.data, response);
-          }
-        },
 
-        query: function() {
+            module = {
 
-          if(module.is.disabled()) {
-            module.debug('Element is disabled API request aborted');
-            return;
-          }
+                initialize: function () {
+                    if (!methodInvoked) {
+                        originalData = settings.data;
+                        module.bind.events();
+                    }
+                    module.instantiate();
+                },
+
+                instantiate: function () {
+                    module.verbose('Storing instance of module', module);
+                    instance = module;
+                    $module
+                        .data(moduleNamespace, instance)
+                    ;
+                },
 
-          if(module.is.loading()) {
-            if(settings.interruptRequests) {
-              module.debug('Interrupting previous request');
-              module.abort();
-            }
-            else {
-              module.debug('Cancelling request, previous request is still pending');
-              return;
-            }
-          }
-
-          // pass element metadata to url (value, text)
-          if(settings.defaultData) {
-            $.extend(true, settings.urlData, module.get.defaultData());
-          }
-
-          // Add form content
-          if(settings.serializeForm) {
-            settings.data = module.add.formData(originalData || settings.data);
-          }
-
-          // call beforesend and get any settings changes
-          requestSettings = module.get.settings();
-
-          // check if before send cancelled request
-          if(requestSettings === false) {
-            module.cancelled = true;
-            module.error(error.beforeSend);
-            return;
-          }
-          else {
-            module.cancelled = false;
-          }
-
-          // get url
-          url = module.get.templatedURL();
-
-          if(!url && !module.is.mocked()) {
-            module.error(error.missingURL);
-            return;
-          }
-
-          // replace variables
-          url = module.add.urlData( url );
-          // missing url parameters
-          if( !url && !module.is.mocked()) {
-            return;
-          }
-
-          requestSettings.url = settings.base + url;
-
-          // look for jQuery ajax parameters in settings
-          ajaxSettings = $.extend(true, {}, settings, {
-            type       : settings.method || settings.type,
-            data       : data,
-            url        : settings.base + url,
-            beforeSend : settings.beforeXHR,
-            success    : function() {},
-            failure    : function() {},
-            complete   : function() {}
-          });
-
-          module.debug('Querying URL', ajaxSettings.url);
-          module.verbose('Using AJAX settings', ajaxSettings);
-          if(settings.cache === 'local' && module.read.cachedResponse(url)) {
-            module.debug('Response returned from local cache');
-            module.request = module.create.request();
-            module.request.resolveWith(context, [ module.read.cachedResponse(url) ]);
-            return;
-          }
-
-          if( !settings.throttle ) {
-            module.debug('Sending request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
-            module.send.request();
-          }
-          else {
-            if(!settings.throttleFirstRequest && !module.timer) {
-              module.debug('Sending request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
-              module.send.request();
-              module.timer = setTimeout(function(){}, settings.throttle);
-            }
-            else {
-              module.debug('Throttling request', settings.throttle);
-              clearTimeout(module.timer);
-              module.timer = setTimeout(function() {
-                if(module.timer) {
-                  delete module.timer;
-                }
-                module.debug('Sending throttled request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
-                module.send.request();
-              }, settings.throttle);
-            }
-          }
+                destroy: function () {
+                    module.verbose('Destroying previous module for', element);
+                    $module
+                        .removeData(moduleNamespace)
+                        .off(eventNamespace)
+                    ;
+                },
+
+                bind: {
+                    events: function () {
+                        var
+                            triggerEvent = module.get.event()
+                        ;
+                        if (triggerEvent) {
+                            module.verbose('Attaching API events to element', triggerEvent);
+                            $module
+                                .on(triggerEvent + eventNamespace, module.event.trigger)
+                            ;
+                        } else if (settings.on === 'now') {
+                            module.debug('Querying API endpoint immediately');
+                            module.query();
+                        }
+                    },
+                },
+
+                decode: {
+                    json: function (response) {
+                        if (response !== undefined && typeof response === 'string') {
+                            try {
+                                response = JSON.parse(response);
+                            } catch (e) {
+                                // isn't json string
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        return response;
+                    },
+                },
+
+                read: {
+                    cachedResponse: function (url) {
+                        var
+                            response
+                        ;
+                        if (window.Storage === undefined) {
+                            module.error(error.noStorage);
+
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        response = sessionStorage.getItem(url + module.get.normalizedData());
+                        module.debug('Using cached response', url, settings.data, response);
+                        response = module.decode.json(response);
+
+                        return response;
+                    },
+                },
+                write: {
+                    cachedResponse: function (url, response) {
+                        if (window.Storage === undefined) {
+                            module.error(error.noStorage);
+
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        if ($.isPlainObject(response)) {
+                            response = JSON.stringify(response);
+                        }
+                        sessionStorage.setItem(url + module.get.normalizedData(), response);
+                        module.verbose('Storing cached response for url', url, settings.data, response);
+                    },
+                },
+
+                query: function () {
+                    if (module.is.disabled()) {
+                        module.debug('Element is disabled API request aborted');
+
+                        return;
+                    }
 
-        },
+                    if (module.is.loading()) {
+                        if (settings.interruptRequests) {
+                            module.debug('Interrupting previous request');
+                            module.abort();
+                        } else {
+                            module.debug('Cancelling request, previous request is still pending');
 
-        should: {
-          removeError: function() {
-            return ( settings.hideError === true || (settings.hideError === 'auto' && !module.is.form()) );
-          }
-        },
+                            return;
+                        }
+                    }
 
-        is: {
-          disabled: function() {
-            return ($module.filter(selector.disabled).length > 0);
-          },
-          expectingJSON: function() {
-            return settings.dataType === 'json' || settings.dataType === 'jsonp';
-          },
-          form: function() {
-            return $module.is('form') || $context.is('form');
-          },
-          mocked: function() {
-            return (settings.mockResponse || settings.mockResponseAsync || settings.response || settings.responseAsync);
-          },
-          input: function() {
-            return $module.is('input');
-          },
-          loading: function() {
-            return (module.request)
-              ? (module.request.state() == 'pending')
-              : false
-            ;
-          },
-          abortedRequest: function(xhr) {
-            if(xhr && xhr.readyState !== undefined && xhr.readyState === 0) {
-              module.verbose('XHR request determined to be aborted');
-              return true;
-            }
-            else {
-              module.verbose('XHR request was not aborted');
-              return false;
-            }
-          },
-          validResponse: function(response) {
-            if( (!module.is.expectingJSON()) || !$.isFunction(settings.successTest) ) {
-              module.verbose('Response is not JSON, skipping validation', settings.successTest, response);
-              return true;
-            }
-            module.debug('Checking JSON returned success', settings.successTest, response);
-            if( settings.successTest(response) ) {
-              module.debug('Response passed success test', response);
-              return true;
-            }
-            else {
-              module.debug('Response failed success test', response);
-              return false;
-            }
-          }
-        },
+                    // pass element metadata to url (value, text)
+                    if (settings.defaultData) {
+                        $.extend(true, settings.urlData, module.get.defaultData());
+                    }
 
-        was: {
-          cancelled: function() {
-            return (module.cancelled || false);
-          },
-          successful: function() {
-            return (module.request && module.request.state() == 'resolved');
-          },
-          failure: function() {
-            return (module.request && module.request.state() == 'rejected');
-          },
-          complete: function() {
-            return (module.request && (module.request.state() == 'resolved' || module.request.state() == 'rejected') );
-          }
-        },
+                    // Add form content
+                    if (settings.serializeForm) {
+                        settings.data = module.add.formData(originalData || settings.data);
+                    }
 
-        add: {
-          urlData: function(url, urlData) {
-            var
-              requiredVariables,
-              optionalVariables
-            ;
-            if(url) {
-              requiredVariables = url.match(settings.regExp.required);
-              optionalVariables = url.match(settings.regExp.optional);
-              urlData           = urlData || settings.urlData;
-              if(requiredVariables) {
-                module.debug('Looking for required URL variables', requiredVariables);
-                $.each(requiredVariables, function(index, templatedString) {
-                  var
-                    // allow legacy {$var} style
-                    variable = (templatedString.indexOf('$') !== -1)
-                      ? templatedString.slice(2, -1)
-                      : templatedString.slice(1, -1),
-                    value   = ($.isPlainObject(urlData) && urlData[variable] !== undefined)
-                      ? urlData[variable]
-                      : ($module.data(variable) !== undefined)
-                        ? $module.data(variable)
-                        : ($context.data(variable) !== undefined)
-                          ? $context.data(variable)
-                          : urlData[variable]
-                  ;
-                  // remove value
-                  if(value === undefined) {
-                    module.error(error.requiredParameter, variable, url);
-                    url = false;
-                    return false;
-                  }
-                  else {
-                    module.verbose('Found required variable', variable, value);
-                    value = (settings.encodeParameters)
-                      ? module.get.urlEncodedValue(value)
-                      : value
+                    // call beforesend and get any settings changes
+                    requestSettings = module.get.settings();
+
+                    // check if before send cancelled request
+                    if (requestSettings === false) {
+                        module.cancelled = true;
+                        module.error(error.beforeSend);
+
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    module.cancelled = false;
+
+                    // get url
+                    url = module.get.templatedURL();
+
+                    if (!url && !module.is.mocked()) {
+                        module.error(error.missingURL);
+
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    // replace variables
+                    url = module.add.urlData(url);
+                    // missing url parameters
+                    if (!url && !module.is.mocked()) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    requestSettings.url = settings.base + url;
+
+                    // look for jQuery ajax parameters in settings
+                    ajaxSettings = $.extend(true, {}, settings, {
+                        type: settings.method || settings.type,
+                        data: data,
+                        url: settings.base + url,
+                        beforeSend: settings.beforeXHR,
+                        success: function () {},
+                        failure: function () {},
+                        complete: function () {},
+                    });
+
+                    module.debug('Querying URL', ajaxSettings.url);
+                    module.verbose('Using AJAX settings', ajaxSettings);
+                    if (settings.cache === 'local' && module.read.cachedResponse(url)) {
+                        module.debug('Response returned from local cache');
+                        module.request = module.create.request();
+                        module.request.resolveWith(context, [module.read.cachedResponse(url)]);
+
+                        return;
+                    }
+
+                    if (!settings.throttle) {
+                        module.debug('Sending request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
+                        module.send.request();
+                    } else {
+                        if (!settings.throttleFirstRequest && !module.timer) {
+                            module.debug('Sending request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
+                            module.send.request();
+                            module.timer = setTimeout(function () {}, settings.throttle);
+                        } else {
+                            module.debug('Throttling request', settings.throttle);
+                            clearTimeout(module.timer);
+                            module.timer = setTimeout(function () {
+                                if (module.timer) {
+                                    delete module.timer;
+                                }
+                                module.debug('Sending throttled request', data, ajaxSettings.method);
+                                module.send.request();
+                            }, settings.throttle);
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+
+                should: {
+                    removeError: function () {
+                        return settings.hideError === true || (settings.hideError === 'auto' && !module.is.form());
+                    },
+                },
+
+                is: {
+                    disabled: function () {
+                        return $module.filter(selector.disabled).length > 0;
+                    },
+                    expectingJSON: function () {
+                        return settings.dataType === 'json' || settings.dataType === 'jsonp';
+                    },
+                    form: function () {
+                        return $module.is('form') || $context.is('form');
+                    },
+                    mocked: function () {
+                        return settings.mockResponse || settings.mockResponseAsync || settings.response || settings.responseAsync;
+                    },
+                    input: function () {
+                        return $module.is('input');
+                    },
+                    loading: function () {
+                        return module.request
+                            ? module.request.state() === 'pending'
+                            : false;
+                    },
+                    abortedRequest: function (xhr) {
+                        if (xhr && xhr.readyState !== undefined && xhr.readyState === 0) {
+                            module.verbose('XHR request determined to be aborted');
+
+                            return true;
+                        }
+
+                        module.verbose('XHR request was not aborted');
+
+                        return false;
+                    },
+                    validResponse: function (response) {
+                        if (!module.is.expectingJSON() || !isFunction(settings.successTest)) {
+                            module.verbose('Response is not JSON, skipping validation', settings.successTest, response);
+
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                        module.debug('Checking JSON returned success', settings.successTest, response);
+                        if (settings.successTest(response)) {
+                            module.debug('Response passed success test', response);
+
+                            return true;
+                        }
+
+                        module.debug('Response failed success test', response);
+
+                        return false;
+                    },
+                },
+
+                was: {
+                    cancelled: function () {
+                        return module.cancelled || false;
+                    },
+                    successful: function () {
+                        return module.request && module.request.state() === 'resolved';
+                    },
+                    failure: function () {
+                        return module.request && module.request.state() === 'rejected';
+                    },
+                    complete: function () {
+                        return module.request && (module.request.state() === 'resolved' || module.request.state() === 'rejected');
+                    },
+                },
+
+                add: {
+                    urlData: function (url, urlData) {
+                        var
+                            requiredVariables,
+                            optionalVariables
+                        ;
+                        if (url) {
+                            requiredVariables = url.match(settings.regExp.required);
+                            optionalVariables = url.match(settings.regExp.optional);
+                            urlData = urlData || settings.urlData;
+                            if (requiredVariables) {
+                                module.debug('Looking for required URL variables', requiredVariables);
+                                $.each(requiredVariables, function (index, templatedString) {
+                                    var
+                                        // allow legacy {$var} style
+                                        variable = templatedString.indexOf('$') !== -1
+                                            ? templatedString.slice(2, -1)
+                                            : templatedString.slice(1, -1),
+                                        value   = $.isPlainObject(urlData) && urlData[variable] !== undefined
+                                            ? urlData[variable]
+                                            : ($module.data(variable) !== undefined
+                                                ? $module.data(variable)
+                                                : ($context.data(variable) !== undefined // eslint-disable-line unicorn/no-nested-ternary
+                                                    ? $context.data(variable)
+                                                    : urlData[variable]))
+                                    ;
+                                    // remove value
+                                    if (value === undefined) {
+                                        module.error(error.requiredParameter, variable, url);
+                                        url = false;
+
+                                        return false;
+                                    }
+
+                                    module.verbose('Found required variable', variable, value);
+                                    value = settings.encodeParameters
+                                        ? module.get.urlEncodedValue(value)
+                                        : value;
+                                    url = url.replace(templatedString, value);
+                                });
+                            }
+                            if (optionalVariables) {
+                                module.debug('Looking for optional URL variables', requiredVariables);
+                                $.each(optionalVariables, function (index, templatedString) {
+                                    var
+                                        // allow legacy {/$var} style
+                                        variable = templatedString.indexOf('$') !== -1
+                                            ? templatedString.slice(3, -1)
+                                            : templatedString.slice(2, -1),
+                                        value   = $.isPlainObject(urlData) && urlData[variable] !== undefined
+                                            ? urlData[variable]
+                                            : ($module.data(variable) !== undefined
+                                                ? $module.data(variable)
+                                                : ($context.data(variable) !== undefined // eslint-disable-line unicorn/no-nested-ternary
+                                                    ? $context.data(variable)
+                                                    : urlData[variable]))
+                                    ;
+                                    // optional replacement
+                                    if (value !== undefined) {
+                                        module.verbose('Optional variable Found', variable, value);
+                                        url = url.replace(templatedString, value);
+                                    } else {
+                                        module.verbose('Optional variable not found', variable);
+                                        // remove preceding slash if set
+                                        url = url.indexOf('/' + templatedString) !== -1
+                                            ? url.replace('/' + templatedString, '')
+                                            : url.replace(templatedString, '');
+                                    }
+                                });
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        return url;
+                    },
+                    formData: function (data) {
+                        var
+                            formData = {},
+                            hasOtherData,
+                            useFormDataApi = settings.serializeForm === 'formdata'
+                        ;
+                        data = data || originalData || settings.data;
+                        hasOtherData = $.isPlainObject(data);
+
+                        if (useFormDataApi) {
+                            formData = new FormData($form[0]);
+                            settings.processData = settings.processData !== undefined ? settings.processData : false;
+                            settings.contentType = settings.contentType !== undefined ? settings.contentType : false;
+                        } else {
+                            var
+                                formArray = $form.serializeArray(),
+                                pushes = {},
+                                pushValues = {},
+                                build = function (base, key, value) {
+                                    base[key] = value;
+
+                                    return base;
+                                }
+                            ;
+                            // add files
+                            $.each($('input[type="file"]', $form), function (i, tag) {
+                                $.each($(tag)[0].files, function (j, file) {
+                                    formArray.push({ name: tag.name, value: file });
+                                });
+                            });
+                            $.each(formArray, function (i, el) {
+                                if (!settings.regExp.validate.test(el.name)) {
+                                    return;
+                                }
+                                var
+                                    isCheckbox = $('[name="' + el.name + '"]', $form).attr('type') === 'checkbox',
+                                    floatValue = parseFloat(el.value),
+                                    value = (isCheckbox && el.value === 'on')
+                                        || el.value === 'true'
+                                        || (String(floatValue) === el.value
+                                            ? floatValue
+                                            : (el.value === 'false' ? false : el.value)),
+                                    nameKeys = el.name.match(settings.regExp.key) || [],
+                                    pushKey = el.name.replace(/\[]$/, '')
+                                ;
+                                if (!(pushKey in pushes)) {
+                                    pushes[pushKey] = 0;
+                                    pushValues[pushKey] = value;
+                                } else if (Array.isArray(pushValues[pushKey])) {
+                                    pushValues[pushKey].push(value);
+                                } else {
+                                    pushValues[pushKey] = [pushValues[pushKey], value];
+                                }
+                                if (pushKey.indexOf('[]') === -1) {
+                                    value = pushValues[pushKey];
+                                }
+
+                                while (nameKeys.length > 0) {
+                                    var k = nameKeys.pop();
+
+                                    if (k === '' && !Array.isArray(value)) { // foo[]
+                                        value = build([], pushes[pushKey]++, value);
+                                    } else if (settings.regExp.fixed.test(k)) { // foo[n]
+                                        value = build([], k, value);
+                                    } else if (settings.regExp.named.test(k)) { // foo; foo[bar]
+                                        value = build({}, k, value);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                formData = $.extend(true, formData, value);
+                            });
+                        }
+
+                        if (hasOtherData) {
+                            module.debug('Extending existing data with form data', data, formData);
+                            if (useFormDataApi) {
+                                $.each(Object.keys(data), function (i, el) {
+                                    formData.append(el, data[el]);
+                                });
+                                data = formData;
+                            } else {
+                                data = $.extend(true, {}, data, formData);
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            module.debug('Adding form data', formData);
+                            data = formData;
+                        }
+
+                        return data;
+                    },
+                },
+
+                send: {
+                    request: function () {
+                        module.set.loading();
+                        module.request = module.create.request();
+                        if (module.is.mocked()) {
+                            module.mockedXHR = module.create.mockedXHR();
+                        } else {
+                            module.xhr = module.create.xhr();
+                        }
+                        settings.onRequest.call(context, module.request, module.xhr);
+                    },
+                },
+
+                event: {
+                    trigger: function (event) {
+                        module.query();
+                        if (event.type === 'submit' || event.type === 'click') {
+                            event.preventDefault();
+                        }
+                    },
+                    xhr: {
+                        always: function () {
+                            // nothing special
+                        },
+                        done: function (response, textStatus, xhr) {
+                            var
+                                context            = this,
+                                elapsedTime        = Date.now() - requestStartTime,
+                                timeLeft           = settings.loadingDuration - elapsedTime,
+                                translatedResponse = isFunction(settings.onResponse)
+                                    ? (module.is.expectingJSON() && !settings.rawResponse
+                                        ? settings.onResponse.call(context, $.extend(true, {}, response))
+                                        : settings.onResponse.call(context, response))
+                                    : false
+                            ;
+                            timeLeft = timeLeft > 0
+                                ? timeLeft
+                                : 0;
+                            if (translatedResponse) {
+                                module.debug('Modified API response in onResponse callback', settings.onResponse, translatedResponse, response);
+                                response = translatedResponse;
+                            }
+                            if (timeLeft > 0) {
+                                module.debug('Response completed early delaying state change by', timeLeft);
+                            }
+                            setTimeout(function () {
+                                if (module.is.validResponse(response)) {
+                                    module.request.resolveWith(context, [response, xhr]);
+                                } else {
+                                    module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'invalid']);
+                                }
+                            }, timeLeft);
+                        },
+                        fail: function (xhr, status, httpMessage) {
+                            var
+                                context     = this,
+                                elapsedTime = Date.now() - requestStartTime,
+                                timeLeft    = settings.loadingDuration - elapsedTime
+                            ;
+                            timeLeft = timeLeft > 0
+                                ? timeLeft
+                                : 0;
+                            if (timeLeft > 0) {
+                                module.debug('Response completed early delaying state change by', timeLeft);
+                            }
+                            setTimeout(function () {
+                                if (module.is.abortedRequest(xhr)) {
+                                    module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'aborted', httpMessage]);
+                                } else {
+                                    module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'error', status, httpMessage]);
+                                }
+                            }, timeLeft);
+                        },
+                    },
+                    request: {
+                        done: function (response, xhr) {
+                            module.debug('Successful API Response', response);
+                            if (settings.cache === 'local' && url) {
+                                module.write.cachedResponse(url, response);
+                                module.debug('Saving server response locally', module.cache);
+                            }
+                            settings.onSuccess.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
+                        },
+                        complete: function (firstParameter, secondParameter) {
+                            var
+                                xhr,
+                                response
+                            ;
+                            // have to guess callback parameters based on request success
+                            if (module.was.successful()) {
+                                response = firstParameter;
+                                xhr = secondParameter;
+                            } else {
+                                xhr = firstParameter;
+                                response = module.get.responseFromXHR(xhr);
+                            }
+                            module.remove.loading();
+                            settings.onComplete.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
+                        },
+                        fail: function (xhr, status, httpMessage) {
+                            var
+                                // pull response from xhr if available
+                                response     = module.get.responseFromXHR(xhr),
+                                errorMessage = module.get.errorFromRequest(response, status, httpMessage)
+                            ;
+                            if (status === 'aborted') {
+                                module.debug('XHR Aborted (Most likely caused by page navigation or CORS Policy)', status, httpMessage);
+                                settings.onAbort.call(context, status, $module, xhr);
+
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                            if (status === 'invalid') {
+                                module.debug('JSON did not pass success test. A server-side error has most likely occurred', response);
+                            } else if (status === 'error') {
+                                if (xhr !== undefined) {
+                                    module.debug('XHR produced a server error', status, httpMessage);
+                                    // make sure we have an error to display to console
+                                    if ((xhr.status < 200 || xhr.status >= 300) && httpMessage !== undefined && httpMessage !== '') {
+                                        module.error(error.statusMessage + httpMessage, ajaxSettings.url);
+                                    }
+                                    settings.onError.call(context, errorMessage, $module, xhr);
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (settings.errorDuration && status !== 'aborted') {
+                                module.debug('Adding error state');
+                                module.set.error();
+                                if (module.should.removeError()) {
+                                    setTimeout(module.remove.error, settings.errorDuration);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            module.debug('API Request failed', errorMessage, xhr);
+                            settings.onFailure.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
+                        },
+                    },
+                },
+
+                create: {
+
+                    request: function () {
+                        // api request promise
+                        return $.Deferred()
+                            .always(module.event.request.complete)
+                            .done(module.event.request.done)
+                            .fail(module.event.request.fail)
+                        ;
+                    },
+
+                    mockedXHR: function () {
+                        var
+                            // xhr does not simulate these properties of xhr but must return them
+                            textStatus     = false,
+                            status         = false,
+                            httpMessage    = false,
+                            responder      = settings.mockResponse || settings.response,
+                            asyncResponder = settings.mockResponseAsync || settings.responseAsync,
+                            asyncCallback,
+                            response,
+                            mockedXHR
+                        ;
+
+                        mockedXHR = $.Deferred()
+                            .always(module.event.xhr.complete)
+                            .done(module.event.xhr.done)
+                            .fail(module.event.xhr.fail)
+                        ;
+
+                        if (responder) {
+                            if (isFunction(responder)) {
+                                module.debug('Using specified synchronous callback', responder);
+                                response = responder.call(context, requestSettings);
+                            } else {
+                                module.debug('Using settings specified response', responder);
+                                response = responder;
+                            }
+                            // simulating response
+                            mockedXHR.resolveWith(context, [response, textStatus, { responseText: response }]);
+                        } else if (isFunction(asyncResponder)) {
+                            asyncCallback = function (response) {
+                                module.debug('Async callback returned response', response);
+
+                                if (response) {
+                                    mockedXHR.resolveWith(context, [response, textStatus, { responseText: response }]);
+                                } else {
+                                    mockedXHR.rejectWith(context, [{ responseText: response }, status, httpMessage]);
+                                }
+                            };
+                            module.debug('Using specified async response callback', asyncResponder);
+                            asyncResponder.call(context, requestSettings, asyncCallback);
+                        }
+
+                        return mockedXHR;
+                    },
+
+                    xhr: function () {
+                        var
+                            xhr
+                        ;
+                        // ajax request promise
+                        xhr = $.ajax(ajaxSettings)
+                            .always(module.event.xhr.always)
+                            .done(module.event.xhr.done)
+                            .fail(module.event.xhr.fail)
+                        ;
+                        module.verbose('Created server request', xhr, ajaxSettings);
+
+                        return xhr;
+                    },
+                },
+
+                set: {
+                    error: function () {
+                        module.verbose('Adding error state to element', $context);
+                        $context.addClass(className.error);
+                    },
+                    loading: function () {
+                        module.verbose('Adding loading state to element', $context);
+                        $context.addClass(className.loading);
+                        requestStartTime = Date.now();
+                    },
+                },
+
+                remove: {
+                    error: function () {
+                        module.verbose('Removing error state from element', $context);
+                        $context.removeClass(className.error);
+                    },
+                    loading: function () {
+                        module.verbose('Removing loading state from element', $context);
+                        $context.removeClass(className.loading);
+                    },
+                },
+
+                get: {
+                    normalizedData: function () {
+                        return typeof settings.data === 'string' ? settings.data : JSON.stringify(settings.data, Object.keys(settings.data).sort());
+                    },
+                    responseFromXHR: function (xhr) {
+                        return $.isPlainObject(xhr)
+                            ? (module.is.expectingJSON()
+                                ? module.decode.json(xhr.responseText)
+                                : xhr.responseText)
+                            : false;
+                    },
+                    errorFromRequest: function (response, status, httpMessage) {
+                        return $.isPlainObject(response) && response.error !== undefined
+                            ? response.error // use json error message
+                            : (settings.error[status] !== undefined // use server error message
+                                ? settings.error[status]
+                                : httpMessage);
+                    },
+                    request: function () {
+                        return module.request || false;
+                    },
+                    xhr: function () {
+                        return module.xhr || false;
+                    },
+                    settings: function () {
+                        var
+                            runSettings
+                        ;
+                        runSettings = settings.beforeSend.call($module, settings);
+                        if (runSettings) {
+                            if (runSettings.success !== undefined) {
+                                module.debug('Legacy success callback detected', runSettings);
+                                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.success);
+                                runSettings.onSuccess = runSettings.success;
+                            }
+                            if (runSettings.failure !== undefined) {
+                                module.debug('Legacy failure callback detected', runSettings);
+                                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.failure);
+                                runSettings.onFailure = runSettings.failure;
+                            }
+                            if (runSettings.complete !== undefined) {
+                                module.debug('Legacy complete callback detected', runSettings);
+                                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.complete);
+                                runSettings.onComplete = runSettings.complete;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        if (runSettings === undefined) {
+                            module.error(error.noReturnedValue);
+                        }
+                        if (runSettings === false) {
+                            return runSettings;
+                        }
+
+                        return runSettings !== undefined
+                            ? $.extend(true, {}, runSettings)
+                            : $.extend(true, {}, settings);
+                    },
+                    urlEncodedValue: function (value) {
+                        var
+                            decodedValue   = window.decodeURIComponent(value),
+                            encodedValue   = window.encodeURIComponent(value),
+                            alreadyEncoded = decodedValue !== value
+                        ;
+                        if (alreadyEncoded) {
+                            module.debug('URL value is already encoded, avoiding double encoding', value);
+
+                            return value;
+                        }
+                        module.verbose('Encoding value using encodeURIComponent', value, encodedValue);
+
+                        return encodedValue;
+                    },
+                    defaultData: function () {
+                        var
+                            data = {}
+                        ;
+                        if (!isWindow(element)) {
+                            if (module.is.input()) {
+                                data.value = $module.val();
+                            } else if (!module.is.form()) {
+                                data.text = $module.text();
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        return data;
+                    },
+                    event: function () {
+                        if (isWindow(element) || settings.on === 'now') {
+                            module.debug('API called without element, no events attached');
+
+                            return false;
+                        }
+                        if (settings.on === 'auto') {
+                            if ($module.is('input')) {
+                                return element.oninput !== undefined
+                                    ? 'input'
+                                    : (element.onpropertychange !== undefined
+                                        ? 'propertychange'
+                                        : 'keyup');
+                            }
+                            if ($module.is('form')) {
+                                return 'submit';
+                            }
+
+                            return 'click';
+                        }
+
+                        return settings.on;
+                    },
+                    templatedURL: function (action) {
+                        action = action || settings.action || $module.data(metadata.action) || false;
+                        url = settings.url || $module.data(metadata.url) || false;
+                        if (url) {
+                            module.debug('Using specified url', url);
+
+                            return url;
+                        }
+                        if (action) {
+                            module.debug('Looking up url for action', action, settings.api);
+                            if (settings.api[action] === undefined && !module.is.mocked()) {
+                                module.error(error.missingAction, settings.action, settings.api);
+
+                                return;
+                            }
+                            url = settings.api[action];
+                        } else if (module.is.form()) {
+                            url = $module.attr('action') || $context.attr('action') || false;
+                            module.debug('No url or action specified, defaulting to form action', url);
+                        }
+
+                        return url;
+                    },
+                },
+
+                abort: function () {
+                    var
+                        xhr = module.get.xhr()
                     ;
-                    url = url.replace(templatedString, value);
-                  }
-                });
-              }
-              if(optionalVariables) {
-                module.debug('Looking for optional URL variables', requiredVariables);
-                $.each(optionalVariables, function(index, templatedString) {
-                  var
-                    // allow legacy {/$var} style
-                    variable = (templatedString.indexOf('$') !== -1)
-                      ? templatedString.slice(3, -1)
-                      : templatedString.slice(2, -1),
-                    value   = ($.isPlainObject(urlData) && urlData[variable] !== undefined)
-                      ? urlData[variable]
-                      : ($module.data(variable) !== undefined)
-                        ? $module.data(variable)
-                        : ($context.data(variable) !== undefined)
-                          ? $context.data(variable)
-                          : urlData[variable]
-                  ;
-                  // optional replacement
-                  if(value !== undefined) {
-                    module.verbose('Optional variable Found', variable, value);
-                    url = url.replace(templatedString, value);
-                  }
-                  else {
-                    module.verbose('Optional variable not found', variable);
-                    // remove preceding slash if set
-                    if(url.indexOf('/' + templatedString) !== -1) {
-                      url = url.replace('/' + templatedString, '');
+                    if (xhr && xhr.state() !== 'resolved') {
+                        module.debug('Cancelling API request');
+                        xhr.abort();
                     }
-                    else {
-                      url = url.replace(templatedString, '');
+                },
+
+                // reset state
+                reset: function () {
+                    module.remove.error();
+                    module.remove.loading();
+                },
+
+                setting: function (name, value) {
+                    module.debug('Changing setting', name, value);
+                    if ($.isPlainObject(name)) {
+                        $.extend(true, settings, name);
+                    } else if (value !== undefined) {
+                        if ($.isPlainObject(settings[name])) {
+                            $.extend(true, settings[name], value);
+                        } else {
+                            settings[name] = value;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return settings[name];
+                    }
+                },
+                internal: function (name, value) {
+                    if ($.isPlainObject(name)) {
+                        $.extend(true, module, name);
+                    } else if (value !== undefined) {
+                        module[name] = value;
+                    } else {
+                        return module[name];
+                    }
+                },
+                debug: function () {
+                    if (!settings.silent && settings.debug) {
+                        if (settings.performance) {
+                            module.performance.log(arguments);
+                        } else {
+                            module.debug = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.info, console, settings.name + ':');
+                            module.debug.apply(console, arguments);
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                verbose: function () {
+                    if (!settings.silent && settings.verbose && settings.debug) {
+                        if (settings.performance) {
+                            module.performance.log(arguments);
+                        } else {
+                            module.verbose = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.info, console, settings.name + ':');
+                            module.verbose.apply(console, arguments);
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                error: function () {
+                    if (!settings.silent) {
+                        module.error = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.error, console, settings.name + ':');
+                        module.error.apply(console, arguments);
+                    }
+                },
+                performance: {
+                    log: function (message) {
+                        var
+                            currentTime,
+                            executionTime,
+                            previousTime
+                        ;
+                        if (settings.performance) {
+                            currentTime = Date.now();
+                            previousTime = time || currentTime;
+                            executionTime = currentTime - previousTime;
+                            time = currentTime;
+                            performance.push({
+                                Name: message[0],
+                                Arguments: [].slice.call(message, 1) || '',
+                                // 'Element'        : element,
+                                'Execution Time': executionTime,
+                            });
+                        }
+                        clearTimeout(module.performance.timer);
+                        module.performance.timer = setTimeout(module.performance.display, 500);
+                    },
+                    display: function () {
+                        var
+                            title = settings.name + ':',
+                            totalTime = 0
+                        ;
+                        time = false;
+                        clearTimeout(module.performance.timer);
+                        $.each(performance, function (index, data) {
+                            totalTime += data['Execution Time'];
+                        });
+                        title += ' ' + totalTime + 'ms';
+                        if (moduleSelector) {
+                            title += ' \'' + moduleSelector + '\'';
+                        }
+                        if (performance.length > 0) {
+                            console.groupCollapsed(title);
+                            if (console.table) {
+                                console.table(performance);
+                            } else {
+                                $.each(performance, function (index, data) {
+                                    console.log(data.Name + ': ' + data['Execution Time'] + 'ms');
+                                });
+                            }
+                            console.groupEnd();
+                        }
+                        performance = [];
+                    },
+                },
+                invoke: function (query, passedArguments, context) {
+                    var
+                        object = instance,
+                        maxDepth,
+                        found,
+                        response
+                    ;
+                    passedArguments = passedArguments || queryArguments;
+                    context = context || element;
+                    if (typeof query === 'string' && object !== undefined) {
+                        query = query.split(/[ .]/);
+                        maxDepth = query.length - 1;
+                        $.each(query, function (depth, value) {
+                            var camelCaseValue = depth !== maxDepth
+                                ? value + query[depth + 1].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + query[depth + 1].slice(1)
+                                : query
+                            ;
+                            if ($.isPlainObject(object[camelCaseValue]) && (depth !== maxDepth)) {
+                                object = object[camelCaseValue];
+                            } else if (object[camelCaseValue] !== undefined) {
+                                found = object[camelCaseValue];
+
+                                return false;
+                            } else if ($.isPlainObject(object[value]) && (depth !== maxDepth)) {
+                                object = object[value];
+                            } else if (object[value] !== undefined) {
+                                found = object[value];
+
+                                return false;
+                            } else {
+                                module.error(error.method, query);
+
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+                    if (isFunction(found)) {
+                        response = found.apply(context, passedArguments);
+                    } else if (found !== undefined) {
+                        response = found;
+                    }
+                    if (Array.isArray(returnedValue)) {
+                        returnedValue.push(response);
+                    } else if (returnedValue !== undefined) {
+                        returnedValue = [returnedValue, response];
+                    } else if (response !== undefined) {
+                        returnedValue = response;
                     }
-                  }
-                });
-              }
-            }
-            return url;
-          },
-          formData: function(data) {
-            var
-              formData = {},
-              hasOtherData,
-              useFormDataApi = settings.serializeForm === 'formdata'
-            ;
-            data         = data || originalData || settings.data;
-            hasOtherData = $.isPlainObject(data);
 
-            if (useFormDataApi) {
-              formData = new FormData($form[0]);
-              settings.processData = typeof settings.processData !== 'undefined' ? settings.processData : false;
-              settings.contentType = typeof settings.contentType !== 'undefined' ? settings.contentType : false;
-            } else {
-              var formArray = $form.serializeArray(),
-                  pushes = {},
-                  pushValues= {},
-                  build = function(base, key, value) {
-                    base[key] = value;
-                    return base;
-                  }
-              ;
-              // add files
-              $.each($('input[type="file"]',$form), function(i, tag) {
-                $.each($(tag)[0].files, function(j, file) {
-                  formArray.push({name:tag.name, value: file});
-                });
-              });
-              $.each(formArray, function(i, el) {
-                if (!settings.regExp.validate.test(el.name)) return;
-                var isCheckbox = $('[name="' + el.name + '"]', $form).attr('type') === 'checkbox',
-                    floatValue = parseFloat(el.value),
-                    value = (isCheckbox && el.value === 'on') || el.value === 'true' || (String(floatValue) === el.value ? floatValue : (el.value === 'false' ? false : el.value)),
-                    nameKeys = el.name.match(settings.regExp.key) || [], k, pushKey= el.name.replace(/\[\]$/,'')
-                ;
-                if(!(pushKey in pushes)) {
-                  pushes[pushKey] = 0;
-                  pushValues[pushKey] = value;
-                } else if (Array.isArray(pushValues[pushKey])) {
-                  pushValues[pushKey].push(value);
-                } else {
-                  pushValues[pushKey] = [pushValues[pushKey] , value];
+                    return found;
+                },
+            };
+
+            if (methodInvoked) {
+                if (instance === undefined) {
+                    module.initialize();
                 }
-                value = pushValues[pushKey];
-
-                while ((k = nameKeys.pop()) !== undefined) {
-                  // foo[]
-                  if (k == '' && !Array.isArray(value)){
-                    value = build([], pushes[pushKey]++, value);
-                  }
-                  // foo[n]
-                  else if (settings.regExp.fixed.test(k)) {
-                    value = build([], k, value);
-                  }
-                  // foo; foo[bar]
-                  else if (settings.regExp.named.test(k)) {
-                    value = build({}, k, value);
-                  }
+                module.invoke(query);
+            } else {
+                if (instance !== undefined) {
+                    instance.invoke('destroy');
                 }
-                formData = $.extend(true, formData, value);
-              });
+                module.initialize();
             }
+        });
 
-            if(hasOtherData) {
-              module.debug('Extending existing data with form data', data, formData);
-              if(useFormDataApi) {
-                $.each(Object.keys(data),function(i, el){
-                  formData.append(el, data[el]);
-                });
-                data = formData;
-              } else {
-                data = $.extend(true, {}, data, formData);
-              }
-            }
-            else {
-              module.debug('Adding form data', formData);
-              data = formData;
-            }
-            return data;
-          }
-        },
+        return returnedValue !== undefined
+            ? returnedValue
+            : this;
+    };
+    $.api = $.fn.api;
 
-        send: {
-          request: function() {
-            module.set.loading();
-            module.request = module.create.request();
-            if( module.is.mocked() ) {
-              module.mockedXHR = module.create.mockedXHR();
-            }
-            else {
-              module.xhr = module.create.xhr();
-            }
-            settings.onRequest.call(context, module.request, module.xhr);
-          }
-        },
+    $.api.settings = {
 
-        event: {
-          trigger: function(event) {
-            module.query();
-            if(event.type == 'submit' || event.type == 'click') {
-              event.preventDefault();
-            }
-          },
-          xhr: {
-            always: function() {
-              // nothing special
-            },
-            done: function(response, textStatus, xhr) {
-              var
-                context            = this,
-                elapsedTime        = (new Date().getTime() - requestStartTime),
-                timeLeft           = (settings.loadingDuration - elapsedTime),
-                translatedResponse = ( $.isFunction(settings.onResponse) )
-                  ? module.is.expectingJSON() && !settings.rawResponse
-                    ? settings.onResponse.call(context, $.extend(true, {}, response))
-                    : settings.onResponse.call(context, response)
-                  : false
-              ;
-              timeLeft = (timeLeft > 0)
-                ? timeLeft
-                : 0
-              ;
-              if(translatedResponse) {
-                module.debug('Modified API response in onResponse callback', settings.onResponse, translatedResponse, response);
-                response = translatedResponse;
-              }
-              if(timeLeft > 0) {
-                module.debug('Response completed early delaying state change by', timeLeft);
-              }
-              setTimeout(function() {
-                if( module.is.validResponse(response) ) {
-                  module.request.resolveWith(context, [response, xhr]);
-                }
-                else {
-                  module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'invalid']);
-                }
-              }, timeLeft);
-            },
-            fail: function(xhr, status, httpMessage) {
-              var
-                context     = this,
-                elapsedTime = (new Date().getTime() - requestStartTime),
-                timeLeft    = (settings.loadingDuration - elapsedTime)
-              ;
-              timeLeft = (timeLeft > 0)
-                ? timeLeft
-                : 0
-              ;
-              if(timeLeft > 0) {
-                module.debug('Response completed early delaying state change by', timeLeft);
-              }
-              setTimeout(function() {
-                if( module.is.abortedRequest(xhr) ) {
-                  module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'aborted', httpMessage]);
-                }
-                else {
-                  module.request.rejectWith(context, [xhr, 'error', status, httpMessage]);
-                }
-              }, timeLeft);
-            }
-          },
-          request: {
-            done: function(response, xhr) {
-              module.debug('Successful API Response', response);
-              if(settings.cache === 'local' && url) {
-                module.write.cachedResponse(url, response);
-                module.debug('Saving server response locally', module.cache);
-              }
-              settings.onSuccess.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
-            },
-            complete: function(firstParameter, secondParameter) {
-              var
-                xhr,
-                response
-              ;
-              // have to guess callback parameters based on request success
-              if( module.was.successful() ) {
-                response = firstParameter;
-                xhr      = secondParameter;
-              }
-              else {
-                xhr      = firstParameter;
-                response = module.get.responseFromXHR(xhr);
-              }
-              module.remove.loading();
-              settings.onComplete.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
-            },
-            fail: function(xhr, status, httpMessage) {
-              var
-                // pull response from xhr if available
-                response     = module.get.responseFromXHR(xhr),
-                errorMessage = module.get.errorFromRequest(response, status, httpMessage)
-              ;
-              if(status == 'aborted') {
-                module.debug('XHR Aborted (Most likely caused by page navigation or CORS Policy)', status, httpMessage);
-                settings.onAbort.call(context, status, $module, xhr);
-                return true;
-              }
-              else if(status == 'invalid') {
-                module.debug('JSON did not pass success test. A server-side error has most likely occurred', response);
-              }
-              else if(status == 'error') {
-                if(xhr !== undefined) {
-                  module.debug('XHR produced a server error', status, httpMessage);
-                  // make sure we have an error to display to console
-                  if( (xhr.status < 200 || xhr.status >= 300) && httpMessage !== undefined && httpMessage !== '') {
-                    module.error(error.statusMessage + httpMessage, ajaxSettings.url);
-                  }
-                  settings.onError.call(context, errorMessage, $module, xhr);
-                }
-              }
+        name: 'API',
+        namespace: 'api',
 
-              if(settings.errorDuration && status !== 'aborted') {
-                module.debug('Adding error state');
-                module.set.error();
-                if( module.should.removeError() ) {
-                  setTimeout(module.remove.error, settings.errorDuration);
-                }
-              }
-              module.debug('API Request failed', errorMessage, xhr);
-              settings.onFailure.call(context, response, $module, xhr);
-            }
-          }
-        },
+        debug: false,
+        verbose: false,
+        performance: true,
 
-        create: {
+        // object containing all templates endpoints
+        api: {},
 
-          request: function() {
-            // api request promise
-            return $.Deferred()
-              .always(module.event.request.complete)
-              .done(module.event.request.done)
-              .fail(module.event.request.fail)
-            ;
-          },
+        // whether to cache responses
+        cache: true,
 
-          mockedXHR: function () {
-            var
-              // xhr does not simulate these properties of xhr but must return them
-              textStatus     = false,
-              status         = false,
-              httpMessage    = false,
-              responder      = settings.mockResponse      || settings.response,
-              asyncResponder = settings.mockResponseAsync || settings.responseAsync,
-              asyncCallback,
-              response,
-              mockedXHR
-            ;
+        // whether new requests should abort previous requests
+        interruptRequests: true,
 
-            mockedXHR = $.Deferred()
-              .always(module.event.xhr.complete)
-              .done(module.event.xhr.done)
-              .fail(module.event.xhr.fail)
-            ;
+        // event binding
+        on: 'auto',
 
-            if(responder) {
-              if( $.isFunction(responder) ) {
-                module.debug('Using specified synchronous callback', responder);
-                response = responder.call(context, requestSettings);
-              }
-              else {
-                module.debug('Using settings specified response', responder);
-                response = responder;
-              }
-              // simulating response
-              mockedXHR.resolveWith(context, [ response, textStatus, { responseText: response }]);
-            }
-            else if( $.isFunction(asyncResponder) ) {
-              asyncCallback = function(response) {
-                module.debug('Async callback returned response', response);
+        // context for applying state classes
+        stateContext: false,
 
-                if(response) {
-                  mockedXHR.resolveWith(context, [ response, textStatus, { responseText: response }]);
-                }
-                else {
-                  mockedXHR.rejectWith(context, [{ responseText: response }, status, httpMessage]);
-                }
-              };
-              module.debug('Using specified async response callback', asyncResponder);
-              asyncResponder.call(context, requestSettings, asyncCallback);
-            }
-            return mockedXHR;
-          },
+        // duration for loading state
+        loadingDuration: 0,
 
-          xhr: function() {
-            var
-              xhr
-            ;
-            // ajax request promise
-            xhr = $.ajax(ajaxSettings)
-              .always(module.event.xhr.always)
-              .done(module.event.xhr.done)
-              .fail(module.event.xhr.fail)
-            ;
-            module.verbose('Created server request', xhr, ajaxSettings);
-            return xhr;
-          }
-        },
+        // whether to hide errors after a period of time
+        hideError: 'auto',
 
-        set: {
-          error: function() {
-            module.verbose('Adding error state to element', $context);
-            $context.addClass(className.error);
-          },
-          loading: function() {
-            module.verbose('Adding loading state to element', $context);
-            $context.addClass(className.loading);
-            requestStartTime = new Date().getTime();
-          }
-        },
+        // duration for error state
+        errorDuration: 2000,
 
-        remove: {
-          error: function() {
-            module.verbose('Removing error state from element', $context);
-            $context.removeClass(className.error);
-          },
-          loading: function() {
-            module.verbose('Removing loading state from element', $context);
-            $context.removeClass(className.loading);
-          }
-        },
+        // whether parameters should be encoded with encodeURIComponent
+        encodeParameters: true,
 
-        get: {
-          normalizedData: function(){
-            return typeof settings.data === "string" ? settings.data : JSON.stringify(settings.data, Object.keys(settings.data).sort());
-          },
-          responseFromXHR: function(xhr) {
-            return $.isPlainObject(xhr)
-              ? (module.is.expectingJSON())
-                ? module.decode.json(xhr.responseText)
-                : xhr.responseText
-              : false
-            ;
-          },
-          errorFromRequest: function(response, status, httpMessage) {
-            return ($.isPlainObject(response) && response.error !== undefined)
-              ? response.error // use json error message
-              : (settings.error[status] !== undefined) // use server error message
-                ? settings.error[status]
-                : httpMessage
-            ;
-          },
-          request: function() {
-            return module.request || false;
-          },
-          xhr: function() {
-            return module.xhr || false;
-          },
-          settings: function() {
-            var
-              runSettings
-            ;
-            runSettings = settings.beforeSend.call($module, settings);
-            if(runSettings) {
-              if(runSettings.success !== undefined) {
-                module.debug('Legacy success callback detected', runSettings);
-                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.success);
-                runSettings.onSuccess = runSettings.success;
-              }
-              if(runSettings.failure !== undefined) {
-                module.debug('Legacy failure callback detected', runSettings);
-                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.failure);
-                runSettings.onFailure = runSettings.failure;
-              }
-              if(runSettings.complete !== undefined) {
-                module.debug('Legacy complete callback detected', runSettings);
-                module.error(error.legacyParameters, runSettings.complete);
-                runSettings.onComplete = runSettings.complete;
-              }
-            }
-            if(runSettings === undefined) {
-              module.error(error.noReturnedValue);
-            }
-            if(runSettings === false) {
-              return runSettings;
-            }
-            return (runSettings !== undefined)
-              ? $.extend(true, {}, runSettings)
-              : $.extend(true, {}, settings)
-            ;
-          },
-          urlEncodedValue: function(value) {
-            var
-              decodedValue   = window.decodeURIComponent(value),
-              encodedValue   = window.encodeURIComponent(value),
-              alreadyEncoded = (decodedValue !== value)
-            ;
-            if(alreadyEncoded) {
-              module.debug('URL value is already encoded, avoiding double encoding', value);
-              return value;
-            }
-            module.verbose('Encoding value using encodeURIComponent', value, encodedValue);
-            return encodedValue;
-          },
-          defaultData: function() {
-            var
-              data = {}
-            ;
-            if( !$.isWindow(element) ) {
-              if( module.is.input() ) {
-                data.value = $module.val();
-              }
-              else if( module.is.form() ) {
-
-              }
-              else {
-                data.text = $module.text();
-              }
-            }
-            return data;
-          },
-          event: function() {
-            if( $.isWindow(element) || settings.on == 'now' ) {
-              module.debug('API called without element, no events attached');
-              return false;
-            }
-            else if(settings.on == 'auto') {
-              if( $module.is('input') ) {
-                return (element.oninput !== undefined)
-                  ? 'input'
-                  : (element.onpropertychange !== undefined)
-                    ? 'propertychange'
-                    : 'keyup'
-                ;
-              }
-              else if( $module.is('form') ) {
-                return 'submit';
-              }
-              else {
-                return 'click';
-              }
-            }
-            else {
-              return settings.on;
-            }
-          },
-          templatedURL: function(action) {
-            action = action || $module.data(metadata.action) || settings.action || false;
-            url    = $module.data(metadata.url) || settings.url || false;
-            if(url) {
-              module.debug('Using specified url', url);
-              return url;
-            }
-            if(action) {
-              module.debug('Looking up url for action', action, settings.api);
-              if(settings.api[action] === undefined && !module.is.mocked()) {
-                module.error(error.missingAction, settings.action, settings.api);
-                return;
-              }
-              url = settings.api[action];
-            }
-            else if( module.is.form() ) {
-              url = $module.attr('action') || $context.attr('action') || false;
-              module.debug('No url or action specified, defaulting to form action', url);
-            }
-            return url;
-          }
-        },
+        // API action to use
+        action: false,
 
-        abort: function() {
-          var
-            xhr = module.get.xhr()
-          ;
-          if( xhr && xhr.state() !== 'resolved') {
-            module.debug('Cancelling API request');
-            xhr.abort();
-          }
-        },
+        // templated URL to use
+        url: false,
 
-        // reset state
-        reset: function() {
-          module.remove.error();
-          module.remove.loading();
-        },
+        // base URL to apply to all endpoints
+        base: '',
 
-        setting: function(name, value) {
-          module.debug('Changing setting', name, value);
-          if( $.isPlainObject(name) ) {
-            $.extend(true, settings, name);
-          }
-          else if(value !== undefined) {
-            if($.isPlainObject(settings[name])) {
-              $.extend(true, settings[name], value);
-            }
-            else {
-              settings[name] = value;
-            }
-          }
-          else {
-            return settings[name];
-          }
-        },
-        internal: function(name, value) {
-          if( $.isPlainObject(name) ) {
-            $.extend(true, module, name);
-          }
-          else if(value !== undefined) {
-            module[name] = value;
-          }
-          else {
-            return module[name];
-          }
-        },
-        debug: function() {
-          if(!settings.silent && settings.debug) {
-            if(settings.performance) {
-              module.performance.log(arguments);
-            }
-            else {
-              module.debug = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.info, console, settings.name + ':');
-              module.debug.apply(console, arguments);
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        verbose: function() {
-          if(!settings.silent && settings.verbose && settings.debug) {
-            if(settings.performance) {
-              module.performance.log(arguments);
-            }
-            else {
-              module.verbose = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.info, console, settings.name + ':');
-              module.verbose.apply(console, arguments);
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        error: function() {
-          if(!settings.silent) {
-            module.error = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.error, console, settings.name + ':');
-            module.error.apply(console, arguments);
-          }
-        },
-        performance: {
-          log: function(message) {
-            var
-              currentTime,
-              executionTime,
-              previousTime
-            ;
-            if(settings.performance) {
-              currentTime   = new Date().getTime();
-              previousTime  = time || currentTime;
-              executionTime = currentTime - previousTime;
-              time          = currentTime;
-              performance.push({
-                'Name'           : message[0],
-                'Arguments'      : [].slice.call(message, 1) || '',
-                //'Element'        : element,
-                'Execution Time' : executionTime
-              });
-            }
-            clearTimeout(module.performance.timer);
-            module.performance.timer = setTimeout(module.performance.display, 500);
-          },
-          display: function() {
-            var
-              title = settings.name + ':',
-              totalTime = 0
-            ;
-            time = false;
-            clearTimeout(module.performance.timer);
-            $.each(performance, function(index, data) {
-              totalTime += data['Execution Time'];
-            });
-            title += ' ' + totalTime + 'ms';
-            if(moduleSelector) {
-              title += ' \'' + moduleSelector + '\'';
-            }
-            if( (console.group !== undefined || console.table !== undefined) && performance.length > 0) {
-              console.groupCollapsed(title);
-              if(console.table) {
-                console.table(performance);
-              }
-              else {
-                $.each(performance, function(index, data) {
-                  console.log(data['Name'] + ': ' + data['Execution Time']+'ms');
-                });
-              }
-              console.groupEnd();
-            }
-            performance = [];
-          }
-        },
-        invoke: function(query, passedArguments, context) {
-          var
-            object = instance,
-            maxDepth,
-            found,
-            response
-          ;
-          passedArguments = passedArguments || queryArguments;
-          context         = context         || element;
-          if(typeof query == 'string' && object !== undefined) {
-            query    = query.split(/[\. ]/);
-            maxDepth = query.length - 1;
-            $.each(query, function(depth, value) {
-              var camelCaseValue = (depth != maxDepth)
-                ? value + query[depth + 1].charAt(0).toUpperCase() + query[depth + 1].slice(1)
-                : query
-              ;
-              if( $.isPlainObject( object[camelCaseValue] ) && (depth != maxDepth) ) {
-                object = object[camelCaseValue];
-              }
-              else if( object[camelCaseValue] !== undefined ) {
-                found = object[camelCaseValue];
-                return false;
-              }
-              else if( $.isPlainObject( object[value] ) && (depth != maxDepth) ) {
-                object = object[value];
-              }
-              else if( object[value] !== undefined ) {
-                found = object[value];
-                return false;
-              }
-              else {
-                module.error(error.method, query);
-                return false;
-              }
-            });
-          }
-          if ( $.isFunction( found ) ) {
-            response = found.apply(context, passedArguments);
-          }
-          else if(found !== undefined) {
-            response = found;
-          }
-          if(Array.isArray(returnedValue)) {
-            returnedValue.push(response);
-          }
-          else if(returnedValue !== undefined) {
-            returnedValue = [returnedValue, response];
-          }
-          else if(response !== undefined) {
-            returnedValue = response;
-          }
-          return found;
-        }
-      };
-
-      if(methodInvoked) {
-        if(instance === undefined) {
-          module.initialize();
-        }
-        module.invoke(query);
-      }
-      else {
-        if(instance !== undefined) {
-          instance.invoke('destroy');
-        }
-        module.initialize();
-      }
-    })
-  ;
-
-  return (returnedValue !== undefined)
-    ? returnedValue
-    : this
-  ;
-};
-
-$.api.settings = {
-
-  name              : 'API',
-  namespace         : 'api',
-
-  debug             : false,
-  verbose           : false,
-  performance       : true,
-
-  // object containing all templates endpoints
-  api               : {},
-
-  // whether to cache responses
-  cache             : true,
-
-  // whether new requests should abort previous requests
-  interruptRequests : true,
-
-  // event binding
-  on                : 'auto',
-
-  // context for applying state classes
-  stateContext      : false,
-
-  // duration for loading state
-  loadingDuration   : 0,
-
-  // whether to hide errors after a period of time
-  hideError         : 'auto',
-
-  // duration for error state
-  errorDuration     : 2000,
-
-  // whether parameters should be encoded with encodeURIComponent
-  encodeParameters  : true,
-
-  // API action to use
-  action            : false,
-
-  // templated URL to use
-  url               : false,
-
-  // base URL to apply to all endpoints
-  base              : '',
-
-  // data that will
-  urlData           : {},
-
-  // whether to add default data to url data
-  defaultData          : true,
-
-  // whether to serialize closest form
-  // use true to convert complex named keys like a[b][1][c][] into a nested object
-  // use 'formdata' for formdata web api
-  serializeForm        : false,
-
-  // how long to wait before request should occur
-  throttle             : 0,
-
-  // whether to throttle first request or only repeated
-  throttleFirstRequest : true,
-
-  // standard ajax settings
-  method            : 'get',
-  data              : {},
-  dataType          : 'json',
-
-  // mock response
-  mockResponse      : false,
-  mockResponseAsync : false,
-
-  // aliases for mock
-  response          : false,
-  responseAsync     : false,
-
-// whether onResponse should work with response value without force converting into an object
-  rawResponse       : true,
-
-  // callbacks before request
-  beforeSend  : function(settings) { return settings; },
-  beforeXHR   : function(xhr) {},
-  onRequest   : function(promise, xhr) {},
-
-  // after request
-  onResponse  : false, // function(response) { },
+        // data that will
+        urlData: {},
 
-  // response was successful, if JSON passed validation
-  onSuccess   : function(response, $module) {},
+        // whether to add default data to url data
+        defaultData: true,
 
-  // request finished without aborting
-  onComplete  : function(response, $module) {},
+        // whether to serialize closest form
+        // use true to convert complex named keys like a[b][1][c][] into a nested object
+        // use 'formdata' for formdata web api
+        serializeForm: false,
 
-  // failed JSON success test
-  onFailure   : function(response, $module) {},
+        // how long to wait before request should occur
+        throttle: 0,
 
-  // server error
-  onError     : function(errorMessage, $module) {},
+        // whether to throttle first request or only repeated
+        throttleFirstRequest: true,
 
-  // request aborted
-  onAbort     : function(errorMessage, $module) {},
+        // standard ajax settings
+        method: 'get',
+        data: {},
+        dataType: 'json',
 
-  successTest : false,
+        // mock response
+        mockResponse: false,
+        mockResponseAsync: false,
 
-  // errors
-  error : {
-    beforeSend        : 'The before send function has aborted the request',
-    error             : 'There was an error with your request',
-    exitConditions    : 'API Request Aborted. Exit conditions met',
-    JSONParse         : 'JSON could not be parsed during error handling',
-    legacyParameters  : 'You are using legacy API success callback names',
-    method            : 'The method you called is not defined',
-    missingAction     : 'API action used but no url was defined',
-    missingURL        : 'No URL specified for api event',
-    noReturnedValue   : 'The beforeSend callback must return a settings object, beforeSend ignored.',
-    noStorage         : 'Caching responses locally requires session storage',
-    parseError        : 'There was an error parsing your request',
-    requiredParameter : 'Missing a required URL parameter: ',
-    statusMessage     : 'Server gave an error: ',
-    timeout           : 'Your request timed out'
-  },
+        // aliases for mock
+        response: false,
+        responseAsync: false,
 
-  regExp  : {
-    required : /\{\$*[a-z0-9]+\}/gi,
-    optional : /\{\/\$*[a-z0-9]+\}/gi,
-    validate: /^[a-z_][a-z0-9_-]*(?:\[[a-z0-9_-]*\])*$/i,
-    key:      /[a-z0-9_-]+|(?=\[\])/gi,
-    push:     /^$/,
-    fixed:    /^\d+$/,
-    named:    /^[a-z0-9_-]+$/i
-  },
-
-  className: {
-    loading : 'loading',
-    error   : 'error'
-  },
+        // whether onResponse should work with response value without force converting into an object
+        rawResponse: true,
 
-  selector: {
-    disabled : '.disabled',
-    form      : 'form'
-  },
-
-  metadata: {
-    action  : 'action',
-    url     : 'url'
-  }
-};
-
-
-
-})( jQuery, window, document );
+        // callbacks before request
+        beforeSend: function (settings) {
+            return settings;
+        },
+        beforeXHR: function (xhr) {},
+        onRequest: function (promise, xhr) {},
+
+        // after request
+        onResponse: false, // function(response) { },
+
+        // response was successful, if JSON passed validation
+        onSuccess: function (response, $module) {},
+
+        // request finished without aborting
+        onComplete: function (response, $module) {},
+
+        // failed JSON success test
+        onFailure: function (response, $module) {},
+
+        // server error
+        onError: function (errorMessage, $module) {},
+
+        // request aborted
+        onAbort: function (errorMessage, $module) {},
+
+        successTest: false,
+
+        // errors
+        error: {
+            beforeSend: 'The before send function has aborted the request',
+            error: 'There was an error with your request',
+            exitConditions: 'API Request Aborted. Exit conditions met',
+            JSONParse: 'JSON could not be parsed during error handling',
+            legacyParameters: 'You are using legacy API success callback names',
+            method: 'The method you called is not defined',
+            missingAction: 'API action used but no url was defined',
+            missingURL: 'No URL specified for api event',
+            noReturnedValue: 'The beforeSend callback must return a settings object, beforeSend ignored.',
+            noStorage: 'Caching responses locally requires session storage',
+            parseError: 'There was an error parsing your request',
+            requiredParameter: 'Missing a required URL parameter: ',
+            statusMessage: 'Server gave an error: ',
+            timeout: 'Your request timed out',
+        },
+
+        regExp: {
+            required: /{\$*[\da-z]+}/gi,
+            optional: /{\/\$*[\da-z]+}/gi,
+            validate: /^[_a-z][\w-]*(?:\[[\w-]*])*$/i,
+            key: /[\w-]+|(?=\[])/gi,
+            push: /^$/,
+            fixed: /^\d+$/,
+            named: /^[\w-]+$/i,
+        },
+
+        className: {
+            loading: 'loading',
+            error: 'error',
+        },
+
+        selector: {
+            disabled: '.disabled',
+            form: 'form',
+        },
+
+        metadata: {
+            action: 'action',
+            url: 'url',
+        },
+    };
+})(jQuery, window, document);