How can I destructure an object property from an API call?

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Considering this API randomuser, how do I destructure the API to obtain the results property?

Which properties exactly are you trying to access via destructuring? — Robert Koritnik, Mar 13 '19 at 12:25
Possible duplicate of [What is destructuring assignment and its uses?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54605286/what-is-destructuring-assignment-and-its-uses) — Code Maniac, Mar 13 '19 at 12:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '19 at 12:27

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{results : [{gender etc.}]} then you will only get the properties enumerated

answered Mar 13 '19 at 12:27

Michael

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '19 at 12:48

Here's how you would destruct the results prop from that endpoint:

(async () => {
  const data = await fetch('https://randomuser.me/api/')

  const { results } = await data.json()

  console.log(results) // returns `results` array from object
})()

How can I destructure an object property from an API call?

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