How to pull out object heading from an array - node.js

Question

I have a JSON response structure like this
{
"_id": "620e97d76ca392a43097cca6",
"user": "620295cbd67ece90802d2522",
"orderId": "EnrL7C",
"Items": [
{
"product": {
"name": "Fresh Salad",
"id": "61f2911723ff35136c98ad3e"
},
"quantity": 1,
"price": 1250,
"_id": "620e97d76ca392a43097cca7"
},
],
}
But i want the product not to be an object, so it should look like this
{
"_id": "620e97d76ca392a43097cca6",
"user": "620295cbd67ece90802d2522",
"orderId": "EnrL7C",
"Items": [
{
"name": "Fresh Salad",
"id": "61f2911723ff35136c98ad3e",
"quantity": 1,
"price": 1250,
"_id": "620e97d76ca392a43097cca7"
},
],
}
This is my code responsible for the response output
exports.getOrder = (req,res) => {
Order.findOne({orderId: 'EnrL7C'})
.populate("Items.product", "name")
.exec((error, order) => {
if(error) return res.status(400).json({ error });
if (order) {
return res.json(order);
}else{
return res.json(['No order found']);
}
});

Answer 1

Sometimes when I'm too lazy to look up all the mongoose documentation and figure out what version I'm on etc, I use the .lean() to just convert it to a normal JS object, which I'm way more comfortable with.
exports.getOrder = (req, res) => {
Order.findOne({ orderId: "EnrL7C" })
.lean() // add lean
.populate("Items.product", "name")
.exec((error, order) => {
if (error) return res.status(400).json({ error });
if (order) {
// fix the structure in javascript
order.Items = order.Items.map((item) => {
const flat = {
...item.product,
...item,
};
delete flat.product;
return flat;
});
return res.json(order);
} else {
return res.json(["No order found"]);
}
});
};
Let me know if that doesn't work, so I can update the answer.