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Start your free trialSeth Missiaen
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,652 PointsTrying to use destructuring inside the Movie.create() method
I added a helper function to accept the different pieces of data for each movie in order to make the code look more clean. I'm trying to utilize the destructuring shorthand like this:
const createMovie = (title, runtime, releaseDate, availableOnVHS) => {
return Movie.create({
{ title },
{ runtime },
{ releaseDate },
{ availableOnVHS },
})
}
This renders the following error:
/Users/.../sql-orms-with-node/app.js:8
{ title },
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token '{'
When I run the code as follows, it works:
const createMovie = (title, runtime, releaseDate, availableOnVHS) => {
return Movie.create({
title: title,
runtime: runtime,
releaseDate: releaseDate,
availableOnVHS: availableOnVHS,
})
}
Is there a way I can use the destructuring assignment for the createMovie
function?
Thanks!
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThis isn't a case for restructuring, but you can use the shorthand for creating an object literal:
const createMovie = (title, runtime, releaseDate, availableOnVHS) =>
Movie.create({title, runtime, releaseDate, availableOnVHS});
Seth Missiaen
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,652 PointsSeth Missiaen
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,652 PointsOkay thanks! So when creating an object literal, if I don't provide a key value pairβjust
title
for example, it will automatically be interpreted astitle: title
? I guess I thought that was an example of restructuring, my bad.