When I retrieve data from the Google Books API, I need to transform it into a more manageable array for further processing. To achieve this, I am using the following code snippet:
data.items.map(function(book) {
return { googleId : book.id, image : book.volumeInfo.imageLinks.thumbnail, authors : reduceAuthors(book.volumeInfo.authors), title : book.volumeInfo.title, subtitle : book.volumeInfo.subtitle, publishedDate : book.volumeInfo.publishedDate, publisher : book.volumeInfo.publisher}
});
While this method usually works well, sometimes it encounters an issue where a particular element like imagelinks or authors is missing, resulting in the error message:
"Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property of undefined"How can I prevent this error from occurring?
My current approach involves checking the entire data structure for completeness before applying the map function. However, I'm wondering if there's a better solution that doesn't prematurely exit the mapping process when using try and catch blocks.