Any shorthand JavaScript to make this reducer easier?

Question

I need to "skinny down" and list of objects to many less attributes, but still a lot. My code looks like this:

function reduceSpeakersData(speakers: Speaker[]) {
    return speakers.map(function(speaker: Speaker) {
        //return speaker;
        return ({
            id: speaker.id,
            firstName: speaker.firstName,
            lastName: speaker.lastName,
            imageUrl: speaker.imageUrl,
            company: speaker.company
        })
    });
}

I know if I have:

firstName: firstName

I can make it just

firstName

But not sure what I can do with

firstName: speaker.firstName

Suggestions?

if you need to return shallow copy of all the properties of `speaker` you can do just `return {...speaker};`. if there are some property you want to exclude there is no short way — skyboyer, Jul 04 '19 at 18:54

Aziz.G · Answer 1 · 2019-07-04T18:57:39.437

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may be something like that with adding some destructing object concept

const reduceSpeakersData = (speakers: Speaker[]) => {
      return speakers.map(({ id, firstName, lastName, imageUrl, company }: Speaker) => ({
        id,
        firstName,
        lastName,
        imageUrl,
        company
      }));
    };

edited Jul 04 '19 at 18:57

answered Jul 04 '19 at 18:55

Aziz.G

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Interesting, still mentioning the variable twice though. – Pete Jul 04 '19 at 18:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '19 at 18:57

If you just want to shallow clone, then ...

   speakers.map(speaker => ({ ...speaker }))

if you need to exclude some properties, you can destructure:

   speakers.map(({ to, exclude, ...speaker }) => speaker)

if you however need to exclude as many values as you have to include, then there is no short way. You could use a helper, e.g.:

    const pick = (head, ....tail) => obj => !head ? {} : Object.assign(pick(...tail), { [head]: obj[head] });

   speakers.map( pick("id", "firstName", /*...*/) )

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 04 '19 at 18:55

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You could use destructuring in the parameter list, and an arrow function:

function reduceSpeakersData(speakers: Speaker[]) {
    return speakers.map(({id, firstName, lastName, imageUrl, company}: Speaker) =>
        ({id, firstName, lastName, imageUrl, company})
    );
}

answered Jul 04 '19 at 18:55

Bergi

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fun fact: Thats longer than the OPs version. – Jonas Wilms Jul 04 '19 at 18:58
@JonasWilms The lines might be longer, but it's a lot fewer lines? Not sure we're talking about the same "OPs version"? – Bergi Jul 04 '19 at 18:59
Right, the next time someone asks for shorter code I will do "replace \n with ", than you only have one line ... – Jonas Wilms Jul 04 '19 at 19:02
@JonasWilms Even the total amount of characters is a lot less. Why are you calling this "longer"? It avoids the repetition of `speaker.`. – Bergi Jul 04 '19 at 19:09
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If you replace `speaker` with `s`, then we talk about two characters per replacement. Thats not "a lot less". – Jonas Wilms Jul 04 '19 at 19:31

Any shorthand JavaScript to make this reducer easier?

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