Use

The can-connect/can/base-map module exports a helper function that creates a connection with the "standard" behaviors in can-connect and hooks it up to a can-define/map/map and can-define/list/list.

If you are using CanJS, this is an easy way to create a connection that can be useful and fast in most circumstances.

To use it, first define a Map and List constructor function:

const Todo = DefineMap.extend( { /* ... */ } );
const TodoList = DefineList.extend( {
    "#": Todo

    // ...
} );

Next, call baseMap with all of the options needed by the behaviors that baseMap adds:

var todoConnection = baseMap({
  Map: Todo,
  List: TodoList,
  url: "/services/todos",
  name: "todo"
});

As, can/map adds CRUD methods to the Map option, you can use those to create, read, update and destroy todos:

Todo.getList({}).then(function(todos){ ... });
Todo.get({}).then(function(todo){ ... });

new Todo({name: "dishes"}).save().then(function(todo){
  todo.attr({
      name: "Do the dishes"
    })
    .save()
    .then(function(todo){
      todo.destroy();
    });
});